Donald Hammond letters
Collection — manuscript box: 69 - folder 1
Identifier: 6391
Scope and content
His letters describe his training, life in the trenches, and battles in vivid detail.
Dates
- 1914-1915.
Creator
- Hammond, Donald U. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Donald Hammond joined the 6th Company of the Canadian Armed Forces in 1914. He served in the Machine Gun Detachment, Toronto Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry Brigade of the 1st Canadian Expeditionary Force based in France. Injured in battle (1915, Ypres), he was sent to England to recover from 2 schrapnel wounds to his forearm and chest.
Extent
9 items. (9 items.)
Language of Materials
English
- Canada. Canadian Army -- : History -- : World War, 1914-1918.
- Military hospitals
- World War, 1914-1918 -- France.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives.
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)