Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of 12306 Private Lancelot Cropley Smith, 10th Field Ambulance, France. Collections consists of typed extracts of letters written home between 1916 - 1918. The letters describe camp life in England and German POW's. Smith also discusses work in France, billets, and the push at Messines in June 1917. Also included are letters relating to the circumstances surrounding Smith's death on 15 October 1917 after being wounded in action in Belgium.
Details
Accession Number
2DRL/0309
Maker
Private Lancelot Cropley Smith
Classification
Private Record
Measurement
Archived measurement
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM93 12/11/4371
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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