A Guide to the Corporal R.J. Bolingbroke Pocket Notebook 1916-1918 Bolingbroke, R.J. Pocket Notebook, 1916-1918 10875-q

A Guide to the Corporal R.J. Bolingbroke Pocket Notebook 1916-1918

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The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 10875 -q

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

10875

-q

Title

Corporal R.J. Bolingbroke Pocket Notebook 1916-1918

Physical Characteristics

This collection contains 1 item.

Language

English

Abstract

This collections consists of a pocket notebook, 1916-1918, kept by Corporal R.J. Bolingbroke.

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Corporal R.J. Bolingbroke Pocket Notebook, 1916-1918, # 10875 -q, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This notebook was given to the Library in honor of Joseph M. Bruccoli by Michael Lazare, New Milford, Connecticut, on May 26, 1993.

Scope and Content Information

This addition to the Bruccoli Great War Collection consists of a pocket notebook, 1916-1918, kept by Corporal R.J. Bolingbroke, Signal Section, 16th Platoon, 5th N.F., British Expeditionary Forces. It contains notes on signals used by members of the Signal Corps, diagrams of "code time," a list of gravediggers, a list of grave plots in the Haringhe Military Cemetery in Belgium, a record of Bolingbroke's places of military service since his enlistment on September 14, 1914, and a recipe for "Beetroot Wine."