53902: Trench raid notes of Charles W. Carr: password FLEET

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posted on 2024-02-21, 09:53 authored by Great War Archive Project Team

Page torn from a notebook, "Raid Operations" written by Sergeant Charles W. Carr, of 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment on August 19th. If this was written in 1917 then it is just 2-3 days before Charles was seriously wounded - shot in the legs by machine gun bullets - during the the attack of the 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment on Pond Farm during the battle of Paschendale.

Part of large collection of photos and memoribilia relating to Serjeant 3091 (later 240965) Charles Woodward Carr, 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - kept by Mrs Gill Porter and Mr Tony Carr of their father.

History

Identifier

4941.jpg | GWA_3507_TrenchRaidNotes19170819query.jpg |

Creator

Carr, Charles Woodward

Date

19th August 1917

Date Created

19/08/1917

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Type

Other

Contributor

Richard Marshall | Alun Edwards | Tony Carr

Submission Event

Powys Archives Submission Day

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford