Dorothy Holman's World War One Autograph Book (p. 12)
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Dorothy Holman (Autograph Book)
Giada Alessandroni (transcription and translation)
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Copyright Topsham Museum (not for reproduction)
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Language
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Sosthesse Fortas
Commerçant à Paris
Agé de 50 ans.
Engagé volontaire pour la guerre
Cité à l'ordre de l'armée n. 1100
Médaille Militaire
Blessé pour un éclat
d'obus ? Grandes Roches
Amputé d'un bras
Sosthesse Fortas
Trader in Paris
50 years old. Enlisted as a volunteer for the war
Mentioned in the dispatch of the army n. 1100
Military Medal
Wounded by a shrapnel
of projectile ? Grandes Roches
Amputated of an arm
Dorothy Holman's World War One Autograph Book (p. 7)
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Dorothy Holman (Autograph Book)
Giada Alessandroni (transcription and translation)
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Copyright Topsham Museum (not for reproduction)
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Language
French
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Firmin
Bresquignony 144
Propriétaire Rentier au Gers (Auch)
144ème Régiment d'Infanterie à Tarbes
Hautes Pyrenées
à fait les tranchées
dans le Nord
Pas de Calais
Vieux Poilou
Firmin
Bresquignony 144
Land owner in the Gers (Auch)
144th Regiment of Infantry in Tarbes
Hautes Pyrenées
he has been in the trenches
in the Nord
Pas de Calais
Vieux Poilou
Dorothy Holman's World War One Autograph Book (p. 6)
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Dorothy Holman (Autograph Book)
Sandra Daroczi (transcription and translation)
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Copyright Topsham Museum (not for reproduction)
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Language
French
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Diary entry
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Monsieur Gérar Jules [Gérard Jules]
Au 149e régiment
Infanterie 6 Compagnie
2 Bataillon au Campagne (?)
Gérar Jules au 149e régiment
Caserne Courci Épinal
? au Forges
Uzemain par Uzemain (Vosges)
(Voges)
G J
Classe de 1905
Guerre de 1914 et 1915 le 9 août
Bataille de Col de Sainte Marie
Bataille en Loraine
Bataille de la Marne
Bataille du ?
Bataille d’Ypres en Belgique
Gérar Jules
M. Gérar Jules [Gérard Jules]
149th Regiment
6th Infantry Company
2nd Battalion the Country (?)
Gérar Jules of the 149th Regiment
Courci Épinal Barrack
? in/of Forges
Uzemain (Vosges)
G J
Class of 1905
1914 – 1915 War 9th of August
The Battle of Col de Sainte Marie
Battle in Loraine
Battle of the Marne
Battle of ?
Battle of Ypres in Belgium
Gérar Jules
Dorothy Holman's World War One Autograph Book (p. 5)
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Dorothy Holman (Autograph Book)
Sandra Daroczi (transcription and translation)
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Copyright Topsham Museum (not for reproduction)
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Language
French
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Diary entry
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Hauchecorne Colestin (?)
3e Escadron du Train des Equipages = Vernon
Cultivateur à Vequeville [Vesqueville]
Par Neville [Neuville]
Seine Inférieure
Hauchecorne Colestin (?)
3rd Squadron of Train Crews = Vernon
Farmer at Vequeville [Vesqueville]
By Neville [Neuville]
Lower Seine