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Copy letter from Capt Mervyn Crawshay 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) Dragoon Guards to his parents, 3 Sep 1914. He describes the fighting at Nery on 1 Sep 1914 in detail. Crawshay was killed in action on 31 Oct 1914. From a collection of papers relating to Capt Mervyn Crawshay, 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) Dragoon Guards and Capt Owen Crawshay, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 1900-1931. Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918).

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