| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0010 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Book |
| Maker |
Adey, John Kellerman |
| Place made | Egypt, France, Western Front |
| Date made | 1915-1917 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/1855 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Adey, John Kellerman, OBE (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1887 - d.1959)
Description
Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Colonel John Kellerman Adey OBE, 5 Field Ambulance, France, 21 February 1915-28 April 1917. Collection includes carbon copies of messages as written into field message books. Message books contain training notes; requests for stores; directives to unit members, and reports to the unit. Included also are details of the number of cases in hospital; reports of diseases; reports on sanitary conditions aboard the HMT Arcadian, and a list of unit members and their trade skills. Message to OC 5 Fd Amb 1 February 1917, 'I would suggest that any officer coming here would bring gum boots'.