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Typed war diary of Lt-Col W.C. Staveley (R.A), 1915-1917 (as C.R.A 35th Div Artillery B.E.F), covering daily activities; review of gun practice; inspections and brigade visits; Battle of Verdun; billet conditions; trench visits; bombardements from the German troops; weather; troop movement; gun demonstrations; sketching; mother's illness; leave; horse riding competitions; trench warfare; honours/awards received. Loose maps within the volume include: trench map of Guillemont (scale 1: 20,000, ordnance survey, 1916); 35th D.A Map No.20 (scale 1:10,000, 3rd Aug 1917); 35th D.A. Map No.22 (scale 1:5000, 7 Aug 1917); map of Guillemont Farm with hand drawn infantry plan (sale 1:10,000, 21 June 1917) and section of French trench map (view to N.E from X.10.d.45,52. sheet 57c S.E, scale 1:20,000). Associated with World War One (1914-1918). From the papers of Brig-Gen William Cathcart Staveley (WCS), Staveley Family Archive.

Verdun, Battle of, 1916 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)