NAM.2016-10-23-165

Inventory description: 29 folders of reports, correspondence, diaries and notes from officers of the 2nd Bn Grenadier Guards to regimental headquarters describing the role of the battalion during the 1st Battle of Ypres, in particular at Villiers-Cotteret, Zillebeke, the advance to the Aisne and the retreat from Mons, including details of conditions for the men, rations, enemy bombardments, casualties, trench conditions and the search for the bodies of officers, and in particular demonstrating the strong spirit of the battalion; associated with the 1st Battle of Ypres, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918) 1914. From the Regimental Archive of the Grenadier Guards.