Liddle Collection, Leeds University
| Reference: |
IND 15 |
| Name: |
DAVIS, C J |
| Background: |
Davis, C J. Enlisted on 31 Aug 1914 in the 25th
Cyclists Battalion, County of London Regiment. After coastal
defence duties in Sussex and Norfolk, he arrived in India in Feb
1916 and served on the North-West Frontier, seeing action in the
Waziristan Campaign, 1917, the Amritsar Riots, 1919, and the Afghan
War, 1919. Discharged from the army on Armistice Day 1919. |
| Extent of Collection: |
1 file |
| Content: |
147 mounted photographs (1914-1919); 12 postcards (nd);
25th Cyclists Battalion, County of London Regiment
Christmas card (1917); 53 photographs, mainly of the Waziristan
Campaign (1917-1919); 6 diaries (1914-1919); Service and hymn sheet
for St Mark's, Bangalore [Apr 1916]; Order relating to
demobilization (Apr 1919); Army publication 'Health Maxims for Men'
(nd); Press cuttings relating to 25th Cyclists Battalion, the
Amritsar Riots, General Dyer's death etc (1927-1933, nd); Brief
service history (nd); Badge of the 25th Cyclists Battalion,
County of London Regiment (nd). |
| Dates Covered: |
1914-1919 |
| Finding Aids: |
India catalogue (hard copy) |
| Copies: |
Microfilmed |
Acknowledgment
Liddle
Collection, University of LEEDS
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