53976: Classified advert from Belgium battlefield tours, from Diary of W. J. Powell

A classified advert found in the back of the diary of W.J. Powell for 1918 (also in this collection). This advertises "delightful holidays, bracing Knocke... Sea-bathing, golf. Cheap excursions, battlefields, Ypres, Nieuport, Yser..."

Part of a collection relating to Walter H. Powell, Llandrindod Wells, (private / driver M2-267205 Mechanised Transport Army Service Corps). Born 1898, Walter tried to join up under-age on a number of occasions, finally succeeding in 1916. He served many months - (more than 2 years?) - in different army units in Britain, before going over to France. He served as a despatch rider for an anti-aircraft battery in 1918-1919. Walter was gassed "suffering the effects all his life". He was a founder member of Toc-H in Llandrindod, and a keen footballer - he died in 1994 aged 96. However Walter's older brothers (Cliff and Percy Powell) and his uncle (Humphrey Powell) died of wounds sustained during the war.