Second Hand Captain A. G. Ritchie’s Diary of the 1914 Campaign
1st Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), September–October 1914
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Condition
Tan cloth boards with scattered spotting, marks and light wear. The typescript leaves show some age toning and occasional spotting. Handwritten corrections are visible on some pages.
Details
General - Language : English
Paperback - Size : TBC
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Typescript diary by Captain Arthur Gerald Ritchie of the 1st Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), covering 27 September to 29 October 1914.
Beginning with his journey to France, Ritchie’s account follows his service during the increasingly entrenched fighting in Flanders. It includes the action around La Boutillerie, where the position he commanded became known as “Ritchie’s Farm.”
The diary ends immediately before Ritchie was wounded on 30 October. Its concluding material includes a transcription of a letter he wrote from hospital at Boulogne on 2 November, describing his wound and evacuation. He died of his wounds on 22 November 1914.
An affecting first-hand account of a British officer’s final weeks of active service, with particular interest for collectors and researchers of the Cameronians, the 1914 British Expeditionary Force and the fighting in Flanders.
