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Title
Date(s)
- [?1920s], 1981 (Creation)
Level of description
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Extent and medium
NLW MS 23977iC: 83 ff. (text mostly on rectos) ; 150 x 110 mm.
NLW MS 23977iiC: 5 ff. ; 210 x 150 mm.
NLW MS 23977iC: Paper covers; 'WELCH GUARDS 1917 WESTERN FRONT' (label on front cover).
NLW MS 23977iiC: Card covers.
Context area
Archival history
According to a note on the front cover of NLW MS 23977iiC the diary was in the possession of an R. Humphries in 1981.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr Hywel Gillard; Tonyrefail; Donation; April 2008; 004526075.
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Scope and content
A notebook, [?1920s], containing transcripts of material relating to the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards's actions at Ypres, Cambrai, and elsewhere on the Western Front, January-November 1917 (NLW MS 23977iC). The identity of the compiler is unknown, but he may have been a Guardsman in the regiment and could have been wounded in action in late November 1917 (see ff. 66, 72).
The notebook consists mainly of extracts from C. H. Dudley Ward, History of the Welsh Guards (London, 1920), pp. 141-177 (ff. 2-15, 17-66, rectos only). On the facing pages (ff. 1 verso-5 verso, 7 verso, 24 verso-25 verso, versos only) are extracts from the apparently unpublished journal of a Guardsman, possibly the compiler of the present manuscript, relating to the same period. A list of the battalion's movements during the period (see History of the Welsh Guards, pp. 381-382) is on ff. 68-72, and a series of sketch maps and drawings relating to various engagements are on ff. 73-83. Also included is a booklet (NLW MS 23977iiC) containing research into the manuscript by T. H. Reinallt-James, 1981 (ff. 1-4), which however fails to identify the provenance of the Dudley Ward material; and transcripts concerning Sergeant Robert Bye, VC (f. 5).
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Conditions governing access
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Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Covers worn; leaf removed between ff. 66-67 (NLW MS 23977iC).
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Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23977i-iiC.
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Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Great Britain. Army. Welsh Guards. (Subject)
- Dudley Ward, C. H. (Charles Humble), 1879- (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
February 2011.
Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;