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A Strange War. Burma, India and Afghanistan 1914/19 by C P Mills, 1987

DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU 9
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1987

Part of DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU, Brig Gen John Walter Edward (1866-1929)

Account of DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU 2/5th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry and 2nd Mechanical Transport Company during World War I. Based on recollections of Cpl B G L Rendall and Quartermaster Sgt E W Evans and drawing on the Montagu papers. Originally submitted to the trustees of the LHCMA, Oct 1987

Account by Leslie Crowther, 18-19 May 1916, of a reconnaissance flight, Western Front

DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU 3/7
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1916 May 18 - 19

Part of DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU, Brig Gen John Walter Edward (1866-1929)

Letter from Leslie Crowther, 12 Squadron Royal Flying Corps BEF, France, to his father giving an account of a reconnaissance over enemy lines. Copy. Typed carbon 3 pp

Account by Leslie Crowther, 29 Apr 1916, of service with 29 Squadron, Western Front

DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU 3/5
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1916 Apr 29

Part of DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU, Brig Gen John Walter Edward (1866-1929)

Letter from Leslie Crowther, Grant Hotel d'Angleterre, Rouen, to his father giving an account of his experiences in 29 Squadron. MS 7 pp

Account of a legal case against a Royal Aircraft Factory employee, [Jul-Aug] 1916

DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU 2/64
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1916 [Jul - Aug]

Part of DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU, Brig Gen John Walter Edward (1866-1929)

An account of Rex v McDonnell case and chairman of the bench's comments on the large amount of material taken away from the factory. Typed 2 pp

Account of the construction of the largest aeroplane yet built, [1917]

DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU 6/59
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[1917]

Part of DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU, Brig Gen John Walter Edward (1866-1929)

Description of the largest aeroplane in the world under construction. Typed carbon 2 p

Account, 27 Mar 1916, of aerial combat with a Fokker aeroplane

DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU 6/49
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1916 Mar 27

Part of DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU, Brig Gen John Walter Edward (1866-1929)

Letter giving an account of aerial combat with a Fokker. Duplicated 2 pp

Additional comment on increasing aircraft production, 21 Mar 1916

DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU 1/84
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1916 Mar 21

Part of DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU, Brig Gen John Walter Edward (1866-1929)

Paper, AIR-9(a), notes by Col D S MacInnes, DDGMA [War Office] on Sqn Cdre W Briggs' paper of 1916 Mar 13. Duplicated 1 p

Aerial photograph of the Western Front, [1916]

DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU 10/11/5
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[1916]

Part of DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU, Brig Gen John Walter Edward (1866-1929)

Aerial photographs with description: Description of Plate 38, of tracks in River Ancre to River Somme area, with diagrams. Printed 2 pp

Aerial photographs of bombing raids, Western Front, [1916]

DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU 10/11/10
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[1916]

Part of DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU, Brig Gen John Walter Edward (1866-1929)

Aerial photographs with descriptions: Photographs showing bombing raids, River Scarpe to River Ancre area. Photographic print 1 p

Aerial photographs of tank traps, Western Front, [1916]

DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU 10/11/8
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1916 Nov 3 - 1916 Nov 17

Part of DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU, Brig Gen John Walter Edward (1866-1929)

Aerial photographs with descriptions: Photographs showing tank traps, River Scarpe to River Ancre and River Ancre to River Somme area. Photographic print 1 p

Aerial photographs of the Western Front between the River Ancre and River Somme, [1916]

DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU 10/11/6
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[1916]

Part of DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU, Brig Gen John Walter Edward (1866-1929)

Aerial photographs with description: Photographs showing tracks in River Ancre to River Somme area. Photographic print 1 p

Aerial photographs of the Western Front, [1916]

DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU 10/11/11
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1917 Jan 23 - 28

Part of DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU, Brig Gen John Walter Edward (1866-1929)

Aerial photographs with descriptions: Photographs showing machine guns, observation posts for periscopes, direction of fire, light railway, road and a sap, top photograph of Ficheux area and bottom photograph of Gennecourt wood. Photographic print 1 p

Aerial photographs of trenches on the Western Front, [1916]