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Manuscript account written by Lt Col Frank George Mathias Rowley commanding 1st Bn Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) as part of 19th Brigade between 25 Aug 1914 and 22 Sep 1914. Appears to have been copied out later and may have originally been based on letters. In it he describes the actions of the battalion at Le Cateau, Nery and elsewhere. He commanded the battalion from 1 Sep 1914. Associated with the Battle of Le Cateau, Battle of Nery and the Battle of Mons, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918) 1914.

Mons, Battle of, 1914 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918), Le Cateau, Battle of, 1914 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918), Nery, Battle of, 1914 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)