Miscellaneous documents
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Records given12 September 2000 Acc: 2699(D)
County Record Office
County Hall
DURHAM
DH1 5UL
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Ref: D/X 1287/1
Transcript of a diary of an unidentified soldier [possibly 8730 Private E.J. Laws of Cramlington] of 'C' Company, 2nd Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, describing troop movements and fighting until his capture at the battle of Armentières, 18-20 October 1914, his subsequent internment in various prisoner of war camps in Germany and Russia, travel and forced labour, 4 August 1914 - 23 October 1916
Includes: addresses, notes on diet, and the regiments to which his fellow-prisoners belonged, 1914 - 29 January 1919
(21 papers)
