£360
INTERESTING WW1 HAND WRITTEN DIARY BY A J G LIVINGSTON OF THE 3 / 3RD SCOTTISH HORSE ROYAL HIGHLANDERS, DIARY TITLED ''DIARY 1917 ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN FRANCE'', DIARY STARTS ON THE 3RD OF JANUARY 1917 AT PITLOCHRY, OTHER NOTABLE ENTRIES INCLUDE SUNDAY 7TH JANUARY A TWICE WOUNDED AND FOUR TIME DESERTED SOLDIER TAKING HIS LIFE WHILE THE REST OF THE SOLDIERS WERE AT BREAKFAST, SIGHT OF A HUMAN BEINGS BRAINS AND BLOOD LYING IN POOLS IN THE CREASES OF HIS BLANKET, THURSDAY 11TH WITNESSES 3 GERMAN PRISONERS COMING DOWN THE LINE ESCORTED BY TWO CAVALRY MEN WITH DRAWN SWORDS, 20 DAYS AT SOUTH AFRICAN HOSPITAL ABBERVILLE, MONDAY 21ST MAY 1917 WORKING WAY UP TOWARDS THE LINE SEEING A ''PACK OF TANKS'', LAST DATE IN BOOK IS THURSDAY 24TH MAY 1917, FOUR LOOSE DOUBLE SIDED PAGES DESCRIBING FIERCE FIGHTING OF ATTACKERS AND SOLDIERS GETTING SHOT SEVERAL TIMES, FIRST PAGE TITLED ''DENAIN'' AND DESCRIBES HOW THE CIVILIANS COULD NOT GIVE THEM ANY FOOD. COMES WITH A SCOTTISH HORSE BADGE
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