Place | Europe: France |
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Accession Number | RCDIG0001150 |
Collection number | 2DRL/0259 |
Collection type | Digitised Collection |
Record type | File |
Item count | 2 |
Object type | Letter |
Physical description | 9 Image/s captured |
Maker |
Dowling, Keith Shadforth Sheen |
Place made | France |
Date made | 1918 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Letters from Keith Shadforth Dowling to his mother, 1918
Description
These letters written by Dowling to his mother cover his experiences at the Western Front in France as part of the 107th Field Artillery Battery, including the use of a captured German dugout being used as a guard room while he was tasked with guarding German prisoners of war, and the excitement when a bombardier rushed into the room and informed those present of the armistice in November 1918. This file contains:
Letter from Keith Shadforth Dowling to his mother, [France], 30 September 1918;
Letter from Keith Shadforth Dowling to his mother, France, 11 November [1918].