NAM.2005-02-5-1

Manuscript loose pocket diary pages of 2/Lt Phillip Rolls Asprey covering the period 27 Dec 1914 to 8 Sep 1915. Diary covers 2/Lt Asprey's service in the trenches with 1/1st Bn, Honourable Artillery Company to May 1915, when he undertook Divisional officer training. He was commissioned on 10 Jul 1915. Then service with 2nd Bn The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). The diary entries cover briefly the activities of both himself and the unit. From a collection of papers relating to Capt Phillip Rolls Asprey, MC, 1/1st Bn, Honourable Artillery Company, World War One (1914-1918).

Ypres, 2nd Battle of, 1915 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)