NAM.1985-09-41-3

Diary of William Leith-Ross (b 1884), 55th Coke’s Rifles (Frontier Force) and 57th Wilde’s Rifles (Frontier Force), 30 Jan to 25 Feb 1915. Contained in a Gale and Polden Field Message Book; kept in the Lapingnoy and Vielle Chapelle areas of the Western Front whilst Leith-Ross was Brigade Machine Gun Officer to the Ferepore Brigade. In the front are notes of 16-17 February and statistics of trained machine gunners in the brigade. Loose in the book are seven unused envelopes. Loose in the text are a plan showing the billets of the brigade and eleven message forms of 26 April, sent by Leith-Ross, referring to the need for ambulances in the front line, and gas attacks. Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918).

World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)