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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A young fellow, a brother of one of our officers from Prince Rupert, came in today. He was through Mons & not having been wounded has been through everything else, has commanded a company for a long time & still has only one pip.
It is one of the anomalies of war that those officers & men who prove out the best & stand the racket best get none of the good things. They can't be spared. The others are always sent out to back line jobs & quick promotion because someone has to go & it is necessary to send those who can't stand the front line. Today I sent two Victorians who are in the latter category to be personal orderlies to Genl Currie. Look at Twiggs - more of a tin god than ever. While nearly everyone else who has held down jobs in England until now is being sent out he manages even to get promotion
BC Archives, MS-0055 Box 15 File 3 / CREASE FAMILY / Letters from Arthur Douglas Crease to his brother, Lindley Crease, 1917.