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Letter sent to all officers, NCOs and men of the VIII Army Corp by Lt-Gen Hunter-Weston, July 1916.

Letter sent to all officers, NCOs and men of the VIII Army Corp by Lt-Gen Hunter-Weston, July 1916.

Text of message to all officers, NCOs and men of the VIII Army Corps sent after the start of the Battle of the Somme by Lt-Gen Hunter-Weston. (DUL ref: Lowe Papers, File B1)

 

 
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