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Pocket Diary of Sir Clifford F. Gothard

The following diary entries are taken from the Pocket Diary of Sir Clifford F. Gothard, Bearwood House, Winshill, Burton-on-Trent [DocRef D4090/1-6, Stafford Records Office], covering his Military Service during the Great War, 1916 to 1920.

The diaries and the miniature texts they contain have been painstakingly transcribed by Staffordshire Records Office volunteer, Ray Wilson, and will be uploaded each month as a resource, reflecting ones man’s wartime experience, alongside a preface to each month noting key events of Gothard’s War and in Europe.

January 1916 complete