Letters of Capt E J L Pike, 1914
letter, letter
Accession Number
NAM.2016-10-23-165-5
Description
Typed copy of letters written by Captain E J L Pike (31pp) to his family during his service with the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards in France, covering his first experiences in action, conditions for the troops, rations, descriptions of the guns firing on both sides, discussion of the Battle of the Aisne, and the fall of Antwerp.
Events
Aisne, 1st Battle of the, 1914 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)
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