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- 1916-1917 (Creation)
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i, 68 ff. ; 145 x 90 mm.
Cloth covers.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The Rev. and Mrs James H. Walters; Aberystwyth; Donation (with NLW MS 23060C); 1992 and 1995
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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).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: digitized. Action identifier: cymruww1. Date: 2013. Authorization: The Welsh experience of World War One, 1914-1918.
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Language and script notes
English.
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Existence and location of copies
Digital version available https://viewer.library.wales/3698972 (January 2024)
Online version available on the Library’s website: http://hdl.handle.net/10107/3698972 (viewed August 2016)
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Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23059A.
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- Great Britain. Army. Royal Welch Fusiliers. (Subject)
- Davies, Edmund, 1891-1979 -- Diaries. (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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- English
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