Arthur Douglas Crease Letters, Diaries and Scrapbooks
Letters from Arthur Douglas Crease of Victoria to his brother Lindley Crease and his mother Sarah Crease; instructions for the offensive of July 26, 1917; a regimental notebook, diaries and scrapbook. Learn more.
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BC Archives MS-0055; BC Archives MS-2879
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having been learnt it is regarded as indispensable for its special work, i.e. front line & attack. No doubt you know that the guns supplied from Canada & USA are not allowed to be fired but are considered fit only for instruction. The BSA factory weapon is a much finer affair. It is not generally known that it is a Belgian weapon & that the Boche has plenty of them in consequence - what duties this instruction will lead me to I can hardly say.
The position of the Bn M G Offr is now vacant
BC Archives, MS-0055 Box 15 File 1 / CREASE FAMILY / Letters from Arthur Douglas Crease to his brother, Lindley Crease, 1916.