World War, 1914-1918 -- Diaries
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Thomas C. Kyle WWI travel diary, 1919
Unknown soldier, US Army 5th Infantry Division WWI diary, 1917-1918
1915 pocket diary, repurposed as a journal by an unknown soldier in the US Army 5th Infantry Division. Very brief entries describe his division's constant movement through France, the soldier's experiences being shelled by the Germans, snipers, dead Frencgh civilians in the streets, gas alarms while in the field, sleeping in holes in the ground, meals eaten, etc. Although each entry is marked with day and date, they are often not correct when compared to a perpetual yearly calendar.
Unknown soldier WWI diary, 1918
Pocket journal or notebook kept by an unidentified AEF Field Artillery soldier/officer, Company A, 114th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, while in France, 1918.
Handwritten contents include: various lists of names of section members, men on specific details, surnames, supplies; disciplinary actions taken; daily schedules and routines; diagrams of manuevers; etc.
Wilhelm Forster WWI diary, 1914-1928
Kriegstagebuch or War Diary of Wilhelm Forster, a Lt. in the German Army. Forster received the Iron Cross, 2d Class in 1916.
William G. Adams WWI ephemera
Ephemera of William G. Adams, 472nd Aero Squadron. Contents include: a pocket memorandum book with handwritten entries made primarily in England where Adams performed maintenance on aeroplanes plus newspaper clippings pasted in; printed program for the celebration of the squadron's one-year anniversary of service, 3 September 1918; and an orange and black felt pennant ("Aero Squadron: San Antonio, Tex") representing the squadron.
William John Thorne WWI journal, 1917-1918
Personal log of the activities of Leading Telegraphist, William John Thorne. The daily log was kept while onboard the H.M.S. Vimiera (September 1917), H.M.S. Paladin (September 1917), H.M.S. Vega (December 1917), and H.M.S. Oriole (February 1918).