Arthur Newstead Diary
Title in English
Royal Engineer
My Grandfather Arthur Newstead served with the 225th and 101st Field Company Royal Engineers from July 18th 1916 until he returned home to Norwich April 4th 1919. His diary details hair-raising day to day events, names and addresses of fellow soldiers, formulas for demolition and for bridge building, a record of his pay etc. he was the youngest of eight brothers who served in WW1. Amazingly all of them survived.
Summary description of items
33 Diary scans and various documents relating to demob and war pension
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- ID
- 3993
- Number of items
- 43
- Person
- Arthur Newstead
- Origin date
- November 23, 1896 – January 8, 1920
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Artillery, Gas Warfare, Prisoners of War, Trench Life
- Front
- Western Front
- Location
- France
- Contributor
- David Newstead
