NAM.1999-11-107-3

Letter from 23207 L/Cpl Frank Bentley, 2nd Bn Grenadier Guards, to his brother Cpl Arthur Bentley, Royal Army Medical Corps. Written from the Guards Depot, Caterham, 1 Apr 1915 (?). Describes a photograph of the barracks; thanks Arthur for advice about vaccinations; has learnt that what sounded like thunder was the testing of the big guns at Woolwich. Frank Bentley was killed in action at Gauche Wood, near Gouzeaucourt, 1 Dec 1917; his name appears on the Cambrai Memorial, Louveral.

World War One, Home Front (1914-1918) , World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)