NAM.2002-06-24-23

Two articles attached to both sides of a page. First article, 25 Nov 1914 from the Evening News, relates to the actions of the 1st and 2nd Bns of the Queen’s Westminster Rifles, the former of which were reported to have entered the trenches the Thursday before, less than a fortnight after being drafted to France. Second article, 29 Nov 1914 from the Weekly Dispatch, relates to the 1st Bn receiving its ‘baptism of fire’ after coming out of the trenches and being selected for the firing line. One of twenty seven items relating to 2/Lt William Francis Eve, 6th (City of London) Bn, The London Regiment, formerly L/Cpl W F Eve 1/16th (County of London Bn), The London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), 1914-1920.

World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)