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17-24 First World War material, 1916-1918:
17 Ms. report by Captain D. Dale Logan, RAMC, re training for operations in mines, c.1916
18 Extracts from the proceedings of a court of enquiry re the failure on the part of a party of the 11th Border Regiment, 97th Infantry Brigade, to carry out an attack, the Medical Officer supporting claims of shell shock; with notes on lack of fighting spirit among men of the 1/5th Royal Warwick Regiment, Jul-Sep 1916
19 Extracts from reports re an accident to the Boulogne leave train at Gezaincourt and the rescue work of 29th Casualty Clearing Station, 1916
20 Correspondence between Burtchaell, Sir Arthur Sloggett and Major Harvey Cushing re criticism by Lord Knutsford of the organisation of hospitals for casualties from the Western Front, 1917
21 Copy correspondence re alleged antagonism between regular and temporary RAMC officers, 1917
22 Summary of relations between the British and French authorities on the subject of a suspect foreign civilian in France, M. Cohn 1917
23 Six reports by young medical officers re operations during German offensive on the Western Front in March 1918
24 Aerial photographs of trenches on the Western Front 1914-1918

25 Carbon copy of typescript memorandum requesting the encouragement of inoculation, early 20th century.
26 Report of Burtchaell's remarks re the army medical services in India, made at the Generals' Conference (Simla?), 1920

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