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Unique IDCWGC/1/1/1/14-2
Alt Ref NoMU 14
TitleDiary Of Events - J. R. Brooke, 4 Dec.- 11 Dec. 1914
DescriptionDiary of events kept by J. R. Brooke covering the ambulance operations of the Fabian Ware's mobile unit of the British Red Cross Society. This diary covers the period 4th to 11th December, and records the activities of the unit, including the mention of graves requiring crosses, the transfer of the unit to a new base at Noyelle, and attempts to organise the zones of operation of the various ambulance units.
Date04/12/1914 - 11/12/1914
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Content NoteIndividuals mentioned in the diary include: Fabian Ware, Mr Penfold, Mr Broadley, Mr Messer, Dr. Kelly, Mr Phibbs, Mr MacDonald, Mr Sawyer, Mr McMullin, Mr Cazalet (Clement Haughton Langston Cazalet), Mr Arbuthnot (Andrew Carmichael Arbuthnot?), Mr Curtin, Mr Venn, Mr D’Ambrumenil, Mr Carlisle, Dr. Braithwaite, Mr Sykes (all members of the mobile unit); General Conneau, General Joffre (French Army), Mr Lionel Holland, Mr Winthorpe-Young (in charge of other mobile Red Cross ambulance units), General Neville Macready, Sir Arthur Sloggett (British Army), Sir Savile Crossley (British Red Cross Commissioner). Locations mentioned in the diary include: Reninghelst, Dunkirk, Vlamertinghe, Poperinghe, Armentieres, London, St. Pol, Elverdinghe, Avesnes, Noyelle, Steenvoorde, Ypres, Furnes, Boulogne, Pernes, St. Omer, Rouen, Hesdin, Aubigny, Arras, Paris.
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