52636: Extracts from Evelyn Diver's diaries

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posted on 2024-02-23, 13:43 authored by Great War Archive Project Team

This attachment includes explanatory notes relating to my transcript of the diaries.

Editor's Comment:
Evelyn Diver (b.1894) lost her sweetheart, Pte. 292603 Harry Banks, 1st/7th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers, on the 14th November 1916 (taking part in the attacks of the 50th Division in the closing phase of the battle of the Somme). Her diaries notice troop movements, costal defences, air-raids etc.

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3622.doc| GWA_1917_World_War_One_Memorabilia_archive.doc|

Creator

Diver, Evelyn

Date

1912 - 1916

Date Created

16/09/1912

Temporal Coverage

20/12/1916

Source

Notebook

Medium

Paper

Type

Diary

Contributor

Richard Marshall | Phyllis Ralton

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford

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Great War Archive World War One Diaries

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