2451: Second Lieutenant Milton Kershaw (Part 2 - his diary)

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posted on 2024-01-16, 17:20 authored by Lest We Forget Project Team

When he was mobilized at the start of August 1914, Milton joined the 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment and began to keep a diary of his experiences on 5th August - the last entry was 16th October 1914 when the Gloucesters moved by train from the Aisne to Hazebrouck. He was killed on 7th November.

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Sally Dyer (Milton's niece)

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Milton Kershaw

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1914

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Mons, Marne, Aisne

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Milton Kershaw's hand-written diary

Community Collection Day

City Hall, Bradford (02/02/19)

2451: Second Lieutenant Milton Kershaw (Part 2 - his diary)

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