posted on 2024-02-22, 16:18authored byGreat War Archive Project Team
Private Harry Hewson's memories of life in the trenches during WW1 (with the 5th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry) were transcribed by a young Army Cadet.
Editor's Comment: Harry cannot have sailed to France in 1914 with the 5th Battalion, as they remained in England until May 1916. Only the 1st and 2nd battalions of the regiment arrived in France before May 1915, and neither landed at Calais. Nor can he still have been serving with the Guards Division (which he joined in 1916) when he found himself in Lille at the Armistice: the Guards were concentrated around Maubeuge, about 40 miles away.
History
Identifier
4412.doc|
GWA_3003_Harry_Hewson.doc|
Subject
Hewson, Harry
Date
1913 - 1918
Date Created
01/01/1913
Temporal Coverage
31/12/1918
Source
Unknown
Medium
Text: Memoir
Type
Memoir
Contributor
Richard Marshall | Peter Clixby
Rights
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor