NAM.2005-06-688-1

Typescript account, edited by Peter N Farrar, from the diary of 10/1281 Pte James Tait, 10th Service Bn, East Yorkshire Regiment, covering the period 24 Nov 1915 to 30 Jun 1916. The diary covers the nine weeks the battalion spent in Egypt waiting for a threatened Turkish invasion and the first few months of the battalion's service on the Western Front. Associated with World War One Egypt and Palestine (1914-1918) and World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). Having enlisted aged 16 in April 1916, Tait was discharged after his parents applied for his release as being under military age. The diary therefore ends on 30 Jun 1916. When he reached military age, in September 1917, he joined the 7th Durham Light Infantry and served throughout the remainder of the war.

World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), World War One, Egypt and Palestine (1914-1918)