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Movements of 2/5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment, from notes of Charles W. Carr

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Notes by CHARLES WOODWARD CARR of his movements during the First World War with 2/5TH BATTALION GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT England Havre Small village – Le Sart. (billeted 2 – 3 days) May 28th 1915 Riez Bailleul – 1 mile East of La Gorgue. – Trenches. June 10th – Battalion moved to Laventie. – In reserve there, found rations and working parties etc. July 6th – Moved to Richebourg – St Vaast Robecq Oct 27th 1916 Albert Gapennes Feb 27th 1917 to L’ Etoile Wiencourt (15 miles SE of Amiens) Easter Day8th April 1917 - Rest at Vermand Then training at Tetry, Canizy and Germaine. Then to Fayet, 2 miles NW of St Quentin. Arras July 1917 Buire au Bois – pretty village – Dad in photo. “Haven of rest.” Ypres. Buysheure Waton Pond Farm – Dad wounded by machine gun bullets in leg.
Title
Movements of 2/5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment, from notes of Charles W. Carr
Author
Carr, Charles Woodward
Notes
Transcribed from notes written by Charles Woodward Carr.

Part of large collection of photos and memoribilia relating to Serjeant 3091 (later 240965) Charles Woodward Carr, 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - kept by Mrs Gill Porter and Mr Tony Carr of their father.
Item date
May 1915 - July 1917
Creation place
France
Item source
Unknown
Item medium
Text: Memoir
Content
Memoir
Cataloguer
Richard Marshall
Filename
GWA_5070_5th_Battalion_Gloucestershire_Regiment.txt
Copyright
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repository
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor name
Alun Edwards (Powys Archives submissions day)
Contributed on the behalf of
Gill Porter

Citation

“Movements of 2/5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment, from notes of Charles W. Carr,” by Carr, Charles Woodward. The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 16, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/5556.

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