Private Papers of Major General G Brunskill CB MC: Book XXIII : Personal Collection; Personal Narrative; Memoir; Diary/Journal; Photograph; Manuscript 1916
- Author:
- Brunskill, Major General G
- Published:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2014.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Additional Creators:
- Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
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- Summary:
- Description: Photocopy of original diary. Brunskill puts into practice what he has learnt at bayonet training by leading a training course. The King and Queen visit for a military fĂȘte and Brunskill visits home in Ireland. The diary describes the appearance of a French child at camp who stowed away from Boulogne on a hospital ship and orders are at last received for service on the Western Front.
- Other Subject(s):
- London
- Aldershot
- Guildford
- Purfleet
- Folkestone
- Abbeville
- Boulogne
- England
- Ireland
- France
- India
- Brunskill, Major General G
- George V, King
- Alexandra, Queen
- Mary, Princess
- French, John
- Stanley, Edward George
- Keppell, Admiral
- Hunter, General Sir Archibald
- Athelumny, Lord
- Wolfe-Murray, James
- air raid
- billets
- camaraderie
- duty
- home front
- hospitals
- infantry
- marching and drill
- personal stories
- recreation and entertainment
- shipping
- soldiers
- submarine
- training
- zeppelin
- Swedish
- Note:
- AMDigital Reference: Documents.12512.
- Original Version:
- Reproduction of: Private Papers of Major General G Brunskill CB MC: Book XXIII 20 September - 23 October 1916.
- Location of Originals:
- Imperial War Museums
- Copyright Note:
- Ann Nesfield
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