“Severely Wounded” Cambrai, Dec. 1917.
Copy of a letter from Sgt Standley to 2/Lt J B R Challen, 15 Jan 1918.
Challen missed by Standley, as well as Mr Derby and the other men of the battalion. Challen considered more of a friend or brother than an officer.
From a group of twenty four documents and one photograph relating to Lt John Bonamy Rhys Challen MC, 26th Bn Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment), 1914-1918.
Associated with Battle of Cambrai, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918) 1917.