First World War diary

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 23059A.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004404124
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000404124
      (alternative) cymruww1
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1916-1917
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • i, 68 ff. ; 145 x 90 mm.
      Cloth covers.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

The diary, 1916-1917, of Edmund Davies, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Merionethshire, containing an account of his service with the 17th Royal Welch Fusiliers during the First World War.
The diary, which begins in April 1916, records postings in France including action in the trenches and ends in February 1917 when the diarist was injured at the Ypres Salient in Belgium. Papers connected with the diary have been filed separately (NLW MS 23060C).

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Acquisition Information

The Rev. and Mrs James H. Walters; Aberystwyth; Donation (with NLW MS 23060C); 1992 and 1995

Note

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23059A.

Alternative Form Available

Online version available on the Library’s website: http://hdl.handle.net/10107/3698972 (viewed August 2016)

Appraisal Information

Action: digitized. Action identifier: cymruww1. Date: 2013. Authorization: The Welsh experience of World War One, 1914-1918.

Related Material

Related papers are NLW MS 23060C; a scrap-book of press cuttings kept by Davies is NLW ex 1614.

Additional Information

Published

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales