Diary and envelope of Cyril Arnold Pryor, 1914 -1916

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Accession Number RCDIG0000342
Collection number PR88/018
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 2
Object type Diary
Physical description 27 Image/s captured
Maker Pryor, Cyril Arnold
Place made France, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Date made 1914-1916
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 Lieutenant Cyril Arnold Pryor, 20th Battalion. The diary was written between 26 October 1914 to 13 May 1916 and covers Lieutenant Pryor's enlistement, his experiences at Gallipoli, particularly the August offensives, the evacuation from the peninsula and movement to France. The diary lists a party of men purported to be the last group at Gallipoli. It also includes the envelope in which it was sent.