Photostat copy of diaries of Benjamin Bennett Leane, 1915-1916

Leane, Benjamin Bennett (Major, b.1890 - d.1917)

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Places	Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Houplines Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Arras Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Mouquet Farm Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres, Sausage Valley Europe: United Kingdom, England
Accession Number	RCDIG0001007
Collection number	1DRL/0412
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	File
Item count	1
Object type	Diary
Physical description	304 Image/s captured
Maker	Leane, Benjamin Bennett
Place made	At sea, Egypt, United Kingdom: England, Western Front
Date made	1915-1916
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions	Digital format and content protected by copyright.

Description

Photostat copy of diaries relating to the First World War service of Major Benjamin Bennett Leane, 48th Infantry Battalion. This bound volume consists of three sequential diaries written in the form of letters to his wife and kept between 26 December 1915 and 27 November 1916. The diaries detail Leane's brief service with the Imperial Camel Corps in Egypt and later 48th Battalion in France. He provides a detailed description of the fighting at the front line on the Western Front, in particular at Pozieres and Mouquet Farm.