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Title:: Diary of service on the Western Front, 1914-1915, World War One

Collection:: SMITH, Maj Gen Sir William Douglas (1865-1939)

Archive reference:: SMITH, WD 2/2

Catalogue record URL (AtoM):: https://archives.kingscollections.org/index.php/smith-wd-2-2

Level of description:: Item

Date of material:: 31 Oct 1914 - 22 Apr 1915

Creator:: Smith, William Douglas

Source collection title:: SMITH, Major General Sir William Douglas (1865-1939)

Extent:: 1 volume

Description (scope):: Manuscript copy diary relating to Smith’s command of 9 Infantry Brigade in 3 Division, 2 Corps, British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front, 31 Oct 1914 – 22 Apr 1915, including: the First Battle of Ypres, Nov 1914, with the loss of many named officers serving under Smith; a visit to the troops by King George V, 3 Dec 1914; the waterlogged state of trenches near Kemmel, Belgium, Dec 1914; a demonstration of grenade throwing, 20 Dec 1914, and thoughts on the difficulty of deploying hand grenades from trenches; reference to a meeting of British and German troops on Christmas Day, 25 1914, and Smith's disapproval; initiatives to improve conditions in trenches, Jan 1915; demonstration of a mortar to be used from a trench, 16 Jan 1915; the execution of two deserters, 6 Feb 1915; the deployment of miners from Britain to undermine German trenches, 19-24 Feb 1915; a German counter-attack, 11 Mar 1915, Battle of Neuve Chapelle, with heavy Allied casualties; details of material used to improve trenches, 25 Mar 1915; frequent criticism of British press coverage of the war, Apr 1915. Also inserted items, including: press cuttings chiefly relating to Smith’s promotions; account of 1 Royal Scots Fusiliers’ operations at Jemappes, 23 Aug 1914, by Captain Thomas Balfour Traill; a detailed account by Smith of 9 Infantry Brigade operations during early Nov 1914, First Battle of Ypres; sketch maps and accounts relating to 9 Infantry Brigade operations, Nov 1914; a letter from Clara Barton, mother of Lieutenant Harold William Ferguson Barton (died 18 Oct 1914), quoting a letter from a German officer praising her son’s bravery; illustrated manuscript poem, ‘New Year’s Eve in the Trenches’, possibly by Major Athol [Athel, Atholl] Murray Hay Forbes, [1914]; letters of praise about 9 Infantry Brigade from Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, Commander of 5 Corps, and Lieutenant General Sir Charles Fergusson, Commander of 2 Corps, Feb 1915; programme for a concert by personnel of 9 Infantry Brigade, 9 Mar 1915.

Copyright:: Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, via the Archives.; King's College London Archives

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Sections

Crusader Castles (file)

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Photograph of Aigues Mortes, France (photograph)

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Photograph of the interior of Beauvais Cathedral, France (photograph)

3
Photograph of towers at Carcassonne, France (photograph)

5
Photograph of a Visigothic wall, Carcassonne, France (photograph)

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Photograph of towers and a bridge, Carcassonne, France (photograph)

8
Photograph of three statues, Chartres cathedral, France (photograph)

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Photograph of Chartres cathedral interior, France (photograph)

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Photograph of a statue, Chartres cathedral, France (photograph)

12
Photograph of Crussol castle, France (photograph)

15
Photograph of Coutances cathedral interior, France (photograph)

16
Photograph of a church font, Dinan, France (photograph)

17
Photograph of a dolmen, Jersey (photograph)

18
Photograph of a tower, Fougeres castle, France (photograph)

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Photograph of a tower of Fougeres castle, France, with a church spire behind (photograph)

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Photograph of towers and walls of Fougeres castle, France (photograph)

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Photograph of towers and a wall, Fougeres castle, France (photograph)

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Photograph of Gaillard castle, France (photograph)

29
Photograph of Hautefort castle, France (photograph)

31
Photograph of the interior of Notre Dame church, Lamballe, France (photograph)

32
Photograph of Mont St Michel, France (photograph)

34
Photograph of the cloisters, Mont St Michel, France (photograph)

35
Photograph of arches and carved heads, Mont St Michel, France (photograph)

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Photograph of arches and carved vine ornamentation, Mont St Michel, France (photograph)

38
Photograph of Montreuil Bonnin castle, France (photograph)

40
Photograph of Niort castle, France (photograph)

43
Photograph of Hunaudaye castle, France (photograph)

45
Photograph of Provins castle, France (photograph)

47
Photograph of the River Rance, France (photograph)

49
Photograph of the River Rance, France (photograph)

50
Photograph of a doorway, Vezelay Abbey, France (photograph)

51
Photograph of the nave of Vezelay Abbey, France (photograph)

52
Photograph of cellar, Gaillard castle, France (photograph)

53
Photograph of unidentified castle, possibly in France (photograph)

54
Photograph of Hunaudaye castle, France (photograph)

55
Photograph of Hunaudaye castle, France (photograph)

56
Photograph of Tower of Flies, Acre harbour, Israel (photograph)

58
Photograph of stone bridge, Aleppo, Syria (photograph)

60
Photograph of machicolation, Banias, Syria (photograph)

64
Photograph of Birecik castle, Turkey (photograph)

66
Photograph of Birecik castle, Turkey (photograph)

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Photograph of ferry boats, Birecik, Turkey (photograph)

73
Photograph of the moat of Anfeh castle, Lebanon (photograph)

76
Photograph of Harem castle, Syria (photograph)

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Photograph of machicolations, Krak des Chevaliers, Syria (photograph)

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Photograph of a tower and archway, Krak des Chevaliers, Syria (photograph)

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Photograph of Krak des Chevaliers, Syria (photograph)

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Photograph of arch machicolations, Krak des Chevaliers, Syria (photograph)

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Photograph of wall and moat, Krak des Chevaliers, Syria (photograph)

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Photograph of an entrance, Krak des Chevaliers, Syria (photograph)

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Photograph of a wall and tower, Krak des Chevaliers, Syria (photograph)

93
Photograph of Beaufort castle, Lebanon (photograph)

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Photograph of Chastel Rouge, Syria (photograph)

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Photograph of Margat castle, Syria (photograph)

100
Photograph of Margat castle, Syria (photograph)

102
Photograph of gateway, Rumkale castle, Turkey (photograph)

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Photograph of Rumkale castle, Turkey (photograph)

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Photograph of Rumkale castle and the River Euphrates, Turkey (photograph)

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Photograph of Rumkale castle, Turkey (photograph)

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Photograph of machicolation, Rumkale castle, Turkey (photograph)

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Photograph of the rocky location of Rumkale castle, Turkey (photograph)

119
Photograph of the west front of Rumkale castle, Turkey (photograph)

122
Photograph of Chastel Blanc, Syria (photograph)

125
Photograph of the interior of Chastel Blanc, Syria (photograph)

128
Photograph of Chastel Blanc, Syria (photograph)

130
Photograph of Sahyun castle, Syria (photograph)

132
Photograph of the moat of Sahyun castle, Syria (photograph)

134
Photograph of a tower, Sanliurfa castle, Turkey (photograph)

136
Photograph of the moat of Sanliurfa castle, Turkey, with a freestanding stone pillar (photograph)

139
Photograph of the moat of Sanliurfa castle, Turkey (photograph)

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Photograph of Sanliurfa castle, Turkey, with town visible in distance (photograph)

145
Photograph of a sharply angled tower, Sanliurfa castle, Turkey (photograph)

149
Photograph of an unidentified stone wall (photograph)

152

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