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Soldier's diary,

  • NLW MS 22820E.
  • File
  • [mid 20 cent.]

A transcript of the diary, 26 July 1914-22 April 1916, of a soldier from Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, serving with the Royal Engineers in the First World War, including a record of his experiences on active service in the Dardanelles.
On the basis of information supplied by Mr Gwyn Jenkins, Talybont, January 2012, the writer of the diary has been identified as Hubert Cole, a Sapper with the 1st Welsh Field Company Royal Engineers. He married Kate Eveline Webb at St Luke's Bayswater on 1 November 1914.

Soldier's autobiography

  • NLW MS 22102A.
  • File
  • [c. 1837]

A brief autobiography of Private Thomas Jeremiah of the 23rd Regiment of Royal Welch Fusiliers, possibly written soon after his discharge from the army in 1837 (see f. 74). The volume contains an account of his youth in the parish of Goetre, Monmouthshire, 1797-1812 (ff. 1 verso-8), of his life in the army in England and Belgium, 1812-1815 (ff. 8 verso-27 verso), of marching and foraging for victuals previous to the battle of Waterloo (ff. 27 verso-56) and a detailed account of the battle itself (ff. 56-73 verso).

Jeremiah, Thomas, Private.

[Soldier, unknown regiment]

Full-length studio portrait of a soldier in an unidentified regiment. His cap badge appears to include a crown above a wreath but no further details can be determined from examination of the negative.

D C Harries, Rhosmaen Street, Llandilo.

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