Williams, Horace Vivian Beresford (Signaller)

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Accession Number PR01706
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: x 1 cm
Object type Diary
Maker Williams, Horace Vivian Beresford 'Billy'
Place made France, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Date made 1915-1917
Access Open
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

Original diary (1915 - 1916) and bound typescript copy of Signaller "Billy" Williams The diary documents his service with 19th Battalion on Gallipoli and the Western Front. The back pages of the diary contain sketches, maps, notes on weapons, poems and addresses of friends. The bound transcript, compiled by Rod Williams and Sue Moore contains additional photographs and service papers.