Roderick Macleod manuscript.

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Macleod, Roderick, 1891-1984. Roderick Macleod manuscript.

Roderick Macleod manuscript.

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Unpublished typescript memoir by Roderick Macleod, entitled 'An Artillery Officer in the First World War'. It describes his experiences in Ireland before the outbreak of war, including his participation in the Curragh incident, March 1914; the retreat from Mons and the Battle of Le Cateau, in which Macleod was wounded, August 1914; the Western Front, including the Battles of Neuve Chappelle, March 1915, second Ypres, April-May 1915, Festubert, May 1915, and Aubers Ridge, May 1915; service as Liaison Officer between 4 Army artillery and 4 Bde, Royal Flying Corps, July 1916-March 1917; his command of C Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, 241 Bde, Royal Field Artillery, at the third Battle of Ypres (Passchendale), July 1917, and Vimy Ridge, April 1917; service on the Asiago Plateau, Italy, April-December 1918; appendices including a speech on the 'Old Contemptibles' by Lt Col Sloane Stanley; a list of the officers of C Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, 241 Bde, Royal Field Artillery, at Ypres, Vimy Ridge and Italy; a list of officers of 15 Bde, Royal Field Artillery, lost during the retreat from Mons; extracts from letters from Macleod to his father on the subject of 'Art of war - elementary principles' and 'Offensive and defensive in war'. This is a typewritten copy of this memoir which includes maps.

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