Item KENNEDY, JN 1/3 - Diaries, Feb 1916 - Oct 1918, relating to service in Egypt, 1916, and on the Western Front, 1916-1918

Manuscript diary kept by Kennedy, describing his service during World War One, including his initial posting as 2nd Lt with 130 Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, to Egypt, Feb 1916; his posting to 15 Corps, Western Front, Apr 1916; his battery's involvement near Mametz, France, in the preliminary barrage and subsequent fighting at the Battle of the Somme, Western Front, Jun-Aug 1916; his participation in a reconnaissance operation near Montauban, France, 4-5 Jul 1916, for which he won the MC; his evacuation from the Western Front after being gassed, Aug 1916; posting to 119 Battery, 9 Heavy Artillery Group, 2 Corps, Oct 1916; active service on Somme front in the region of Thiepval and at the Schwaben Redoubt, including transcript of a reconnaissance report, 23 Oct 1916; his battery's participation in the Battle of the Ancre, Somme, France, Nov 1916; his battery's attachment to 51 Div for extra duties, Nov 1916; description of operations north east of Bapaume, France, Mar-Apr 1917; assignment to Headquarters, 9 Heavy Artillery Group, 10 Corps and reconnaissance work, Mar 1917; promotion to Lt, Jul 1917; active service near Ypres, Belgium, assignment to 242 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, as commander and promotion to acting Maj and acting Capt, Jul-Aug 1917; staff and reconnaissance duties with Australian Corps Heavy Artillery, near Ypres, Belgium, Aug 1917-Apr 1918; presentation of his MC by HM King George V while on leave in London, Nov 1917; description of Heavy Artillery Staff and reconnaissance duties on the Somme front, with Australian Corps Heavy Artillery, Apr-Oct 1918, including appointment as acting Bde Maj (temporary Capt) Jul-Aug 1918. 3 vols, typescript transcript, 317pp.