Reports that he was taken prisoner on the 2nd April 1918, is well but wounded. Francis Grant (Cameron Highlanders) sent many letters home to his mother during his captivity in Alten-Grabow POW Camp u
There is also a picture of the Araguaya. It was a Hospital ship that brought injured Canadian soldiers home including my Father, Henry Oliver Clarke. If anyone should contact you about these pictures
After the First World War Frank Dowdeswell, 7th Buffs regiment, served with the British army in Ireland and witnessed the fighting/civil war there. Frank was the father of Pam Hyett. He was known to h
Informs Marion Scott that they are off up the line (to join in to the Ypres offensive / bring books along / 'To M.M.S.', for Scott / 'The Volunteer' / inquires about the colours changing in England /
Provides a vivid description of going over the top and crossing no man's land. Some of the imagery is repeated in his poem 'The Show' and used in Pat Barker's 'Regeneration'. Finishes with an elaborat
