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Lieutenant A C Dent

Catalogue reference: ACD

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This record is about the Lieutenant A C Dent dating from 1981.

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Title
Lieutenant A C Dent
Date
1981
Description

Ms transcript (242 pp) of his letters home covering his training as a trooper in the Essex Yeomanry in Suffolk (October-November 1914) and service as an NCO with the Regiment in the 3rd Cavalry Division in France (December 1914-August 1915); his service as a subaltern in the Norfolk Yeomanry (3rd Dismounted Brigade) in Egypt (February-August 1916), including operations on the Western Frontier against the Senussi in August; his flying training in Egypt (September-November 1916) and service as an observer with 47 Squadron RFC in the Balkans from December 1916 until he was wounded in June 1917; his time in the 28th General Hospital in Salonika (July-November 1917) and his service as an observer with 139 Squadron RAF in Italy just before the Armistice (October-December 1918).

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<p>(See also papers of Captain G Dent MC, his brother.)</p>

Held by
Imperial War Museum Department of Documents
Language
English
Creator(s)
<persname>Dent, A C, fl 1914-1818, Lieutenant</persname>
Physical description
1 MICROFILM
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Lieutenant A C Dent