Copy of intelligence summary, letters, certificate of award of Military Cross, and map of the Battle of Aisne

Date:: 1917-1970

Reference:: RAMC/1218/1/3-8

Part of:: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection

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Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments CollectionRAMC
- Papers and souvenirs of Brigadier Hugh Glyn-Hughes, RAMCRAMC/1218
  - Medical Officer to the 1st Wiltshire Battalion, Western Front, 1915-1918RAMC/1218/1/1-14
    - Copy of intelligence summary, letters, certificate of award of Military Cross, and map of the Battle of AisneRAMC/1218/1/3-8

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Copy of intelligence summary, letters, certificate of award of Military Cross, and map of the Battle of Aisne. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Includes the following:

RAMC/1218/1/3: Copy of intelligence summary by 7th Infantry Brigade, 28 October 1917.

RAMC/1218/1/4: Copies of letters of congratulation to members of the 1st Wiltshire Battalion who went on patrols, 28 October 1917.

RAMC/1218/1/5: Copies of two letters from "Stanley" (?) to his parents, describing incident in which he was wounded, and his subsequent treatment, Feb 1918.

RAMC/1218/1/6: Two letters from "Stanley", reminiscing about the Battle of Messines (July 1917) and old comrades, 1967-1970.

RAMC/1218/1/7: Certificate of award of Military Cross to T/Captain Glyn-Hughes for work in March 1918, 1918.

RAMC/1218/1/8: Maps of the Battle of the Aisne, May 1918, with notes re the role of the 7th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, 1918.

Publication/Creation

1917-1970

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1 file

Notes

Piece-level data moved to item record and piece records flagged for deletion in September 2025 by MH.

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No information available on copyright: the position will presumably vary from item to item, with copyright in official documents resting with the RAMC or other government department and that in personal memoirs remaining with the creator, his/her heirs or assigns.

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Open and available by appointment at the Museum of Military Medicine. A digitised copy is available to view via the online catalogue on the Wellcome Collection website.