Typed account of the Second Battle of Ypres written by Robert Gilmour Edwards Leckie and sent home to his family

Title

Typed account of the Second Battle of Ypres written by Robert Gilmour Edwards Leckie and sent home to his family

Creator

Leckie, Robert Gilmour Edwards (1869-1923)

Description

Seventeen page account beginning on 14 April 1915 and ending on 7 May 1915, sent to his family in Canada on 13 May 1915 with instructions that it was for "family consumption." Includes a casualty list for "Officers of 16th Battalion."

Date

April-May 1915

Type

Written account

Source

MS Coll 462, Box 10, folder 29, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

Identifier

MS Coll 462_10_29

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Collection

The Leckie Family

Citation

Leckie, Robert Gilmour Edwards (1869-1923), “Typed account of the Second Battle of Ypres written by Robert Gilmour Edwards Leckie and sent home to his family,” Digitus - Online Exhibitions from the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, accessed November 21, 2024, https://fisherdigitus.library.utoronto.ca/document/6483.

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