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Manuscript letter from 2/Lt Arthur Hewitt, 1/20th (County of London) Bn (Blackheath and Woolwich) The London Regiment to his mother from France, 4 Oct 1916. Records actions by the battalion on the Somme on the 28-29 September, possibly involved in the capture of Eaucourt l’Abbe and the nature of trench warfare. From a collection of papers relating to Capt Arthur Hewitt, MC, London Regiment, 1914-1918, associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918).

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