The collection is comprised of 36 letters and telegrams, written between March 1918 and February 1919, to his father in India, describing his experiences as an artillery signalling officer in Flanders, during the last year of the First World War.
Lieutenant F. B. Turner: letters to his father F. B. Turner (Deputy Commissioner, Raipur, India)
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- ReferenceGB 12 MS Add.9588
- Dates of Creation1918-1919
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish .
- Physical Description35 item(s) 35 letters
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Purchased at auction, Stride & Son, 1.12.00, lot 409
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