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GRAHAM, MWAP 1/1
Title
Diary, 1 Jan – 31 Dec 1917
Date(s)
- 1917 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 vol
Scope and content
Manuscript diary of service with 2 Life Guards, Western Front, including: details of sporting and social engagements; an officer training course attended Jan-Feb 1917 (for which Graham was awarded highest marks); service as billeting officer, Battle of Arras, Apr 1917; service as sniping and Intelligence officer, May 1917; the death of his favourite horse in a bombing raid, Aug 1917; his engagement to Lady Evelyn King while on leave, Oct 1917. Also a brief summary, at front of volume, of his war service, Oct 1914 – Dec 1916. Written in a Frank Smythson leather-bound ‘Premier’ diary.
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