| Description | Inscription on the front leaf reads '1918 Pte L K Elmhirst 768273. C coy Hut II, 2nd Artists Rifles for 6 months training in ranks under a Guards Serjeant till one stripe up then transferred to Household Brigade around Oct 1 1918 as Cadet in H B O C B Bushey till 2 weeks before passing out, transferred as Sergeant Artists Rifles to Army Education Dublin til Jun 1919'.
Notes on First World War army training and procedures including instructions on carrier pigeons, gas attacks, mapping, field sketchings, conventional army symbols, musketry, firing instructions, drill discipline and leadership, trench warfare, field engineering, field organisation, military law, stages in attack, bombs and grenades, explosives, gunpowder, use of the lewis gun, pay and remuneration, messages, smoke and fire action.
Includes a general letter to the Guards Division from T G Matheson, dated 11 November 1918, giving congratlulations and thanks to the troops for their courage, endurance and discipline throughout the final months of the War. |