Diary of Alexander Jackson Cunningham, 1916-1917

Cunningham, Alexander Jackson MC (Captain)

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Places	Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres Windmill Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Vignacourt Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London
Accession Number	RCDIG0000919
Collection number	3DRL/3070
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	File
Item count	1
Object type	Diary
Physical description	27 Image/s captured
Maker	Cunningham, Alexander Jackson
Place made	United Kingdom: England, Western Front
Date made	1916-1917
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions	Digital format and content protected by copyright.

Description

Diary relating to the First World War service of Captain Alexander Jackson Cunningham, 2nd Field Company Engineers. In this diary, kept between October 1916 and 27 April 1917, Cunningham describes many locations on the Western Front, in particular those of Pozieres and the Ypres salient, and recalls the Battle of Lagnicourt. As an accompaniment to his technical diagrams and sketches included in this collection, Cunningham describes the daily work of the engineers of 2 Field Company (1 Division) in constructing trenches and fortifications. The diary concludes with Cunningham still serving on the Western Front.