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Calendar: 18th Division. Blue calendar with every officer with the commissioned rank of Captain and above appearing on a wheel, with ‘18’ at the hub. A calendar of each month of 1917 appears below. Accompanying the title are the names of important battles/locations in the Division’s history, like ‘Somme’, ‘Ancre’,and ‘Delville Wood’. From papers collected by Capt Eric Richard Hanby Holmes, 1913-1941. Hanby Holmes served with the Artist’s Rifles and 6th Bn The Durham Light Infantry. By the end of the war Hanby Holmes was attached to the Royal Engineers for Army Signal Service. Papers were collected primarily while serving on the Salonika Front during World War One (1914-1918).

Somme, Battle of the, 1916 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918), Delville Wood, Battle of, 1916 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918), Ancre, Battle of, 1916 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)