Diary of service on the Western Front, 1915-1916, World War One

Smith, William Douglas

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Title:: King's College London Council minutes, 1829-1836

Collection:: KA/C: COUNCIL- King's College London committee records

Archive reference:: KA/C/M2

Catalogue record URL (AtoM):: https://archives.kingscollections.org/index.php/ka-c

Level of description:: Collection

Date of material:: August 1829-October 1836

Creator:: King's College London Council; 1829- (1829)

Source collection title:: KA/C - COUNCIL: King's College London committee records

Description (scope):: King's College London Council minutes and agenda books, 1829-1836. Signed manuscript minute books with indexes.

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 Archives.; King's College London Archives

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Title:: King's College London Council minutes, 20 January 1831- 9 December 1831

Archive reference:: KA/C/M2

Date of material:: 1831

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very quiet there today – mud is awful up to ones knees in places – equipment lying all over the place and dead bodies here and there. 2-7 October 1915 Very quiet all along this front. Germans can be heard at work on their trenches. Rains most days – trenches in a terrible condition at Hooge 8-11 October 1915 Weather clear up a bit and we are able to do good work at Hooge – bodies are still being dug up. On the 11th Germans shelled fairly promiscuously (?) but did not do much damage On the 10th a 15" shell fell through a house in Ypres killed 2 wounded 6 Liverpool Scottish who were sitting round a table having tea. Rode to Ouderdom on the 11th to visit the camps. On September 25 the 3rd Division

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