Diary of Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox, 1914
diary, diary
Accession Number
NAM.2016-10-23-165-2
Description
2 typed copies of the detailed diary (53pp) of Major Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox, written during his service with 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards in France and Belgium prior to his death in action at Zillebeke, including good details of his arrival in France, troop conditions, billets and rations, enemy bombardments, the advance towards the Aisne, and the First Battle of Ypres.
Events
Ypres, 1st Battle of, 1914 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918), Aisne, 1st Battle of the, 1914 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)
Associated collection
