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War diary page by page

Tom Westmacott's War Diary was created by Evie his wife from his letters to her and to various other family members, plus photographs, documents, posters etc. Evie very slightly edited the letters as she transcribed them and, notably, concealed his description of the 'Bolting the Tabasco' incident.

These pages, if you like, are the 'raw material' of Major Tom's War.

Please note that pages are viewed 'as turned' - giving you a real feeling of flicking through - but all pages containing larger folded documents, newspapers for example, will soon have an individual entry posted too, in an appropriate category, showing them complete for closer inspection.

In a few images a personal name may have been obscured. This is because I have drawn on this person's actions for a composite character in Major Tom's War and I wish to avoid any undue distress to their families today.

 

War diary front cover

Pictures of Evie Winnington-Ingram during WWI

Tom at Midnapore, India, with the Calcutta Light Horse

Letter from War Office

The PUANCO telegram

Informal photo of Tom; Tom with Amar Singh and other early war shots

Amar Singh's speech to the Sikh troops in December 1915 and Tom's military pass

Tom's account of Neuve Chapelle

Aerial shot of German trenches

Tom's account of 2nd Battle of Ypres

Two formal shots of Tom's cavalry regiment on parade

Letter from Brigadier James with notes attached urging him to promote Tom back to Major

Informal photos and postcards of Mont-Saint-Eloi

Tom's account of the battle of Vermelles

Albert Cathedral with the Madonna and Child

Postcards of Authuile plus informal trench shots

Postcards of Vermelles

Two formal shots of Tom's cavalry regiment on parade

Tom's account of Authuile continues

Tom's account of trench warfare at Authuile and hidden account of 'Bolting the Tabasco'

Tom's Account of the Battle of Loos

Tom's account of Battle of Loos, page two

Informal photographs of cavalry games

Maitland cartoon of 'The Watch on the Rhine'

Bouquet the French chef

Illustration, Field Punishment No 1

List of extracts from soldiers' wives letters

Maitland cartoon showing Mohammedan sowar plus article re trout fishing

Poster giving instructions of what to do in the event of fire

Third Army forward traffic map, folded

Tom's account of the death penalty during the war and military police official group shots

Press cutting: Tom's appointment as an A.P.M. is confirmed

Maitland cartoons showing gas mask and Frenchwoman being stopped by guards

Maitland cartoon of one of Tom's French police

Maitland cartoon of an officer, possibly Tom or Maitland himself, hunting a wild boar

Maitland cartoon showing incident with senior officer's dog

Maitland cartoon showing the aftermath of the arrest of the small boy for theft of jam

Maitland cartoons, one showing arrest of small boy and the other a trench signpost

Maitland cartoons of life as an A.P.M. showing Tom

Photographs of Athies in ruins, including German dead

Press cutting from the Times, April 3rd 1918

Certificate for Tom's mention in despatches plus secret orders sheet

Press cutting from the Morning (Post?) - Tom's first Mention in Despatches

Secret orders for action at 'Unnamed Farm'

Formal photos of Tom with his military police colleagues at Marieux

Thank you letter to Douglas Haig from the Ministry of Agriculture

Covering letter for letter from Ministry of Agriculture

Order regarding the wearing of chevrons for service overseas

Map of British Battles during 1918

Trench map from Saint-Waast-la-Vallee

Notice regarding coughing; German POW letter; 1917 Christmas Card

Page one of Tom's account of the retreat from the Somme in March 1918

Tom's official reports on the retreat from the Somme page 2

Second page of Tom's account of the Retreat from the Somme in March 1918

Tom's official reports on the retreat from the Somme page 3

Third page of Tom's account of the retreat from the Somme in March 1918

Fourth page of Tom's account of the retreat from the Somme in 1918

Tom's official reports on the retreat from the Somme page 1

Letter of thanks to P.M.s and A.P.M.s from C in C

Receipt for the let of grazings at Sains-en-Gohelle; silver queen airship photo; secret intelligence regarding a forthcoming raid

Map of British Battles during 1918

Thank you letter from the Mayor of Saint-Aubert and German propaganda note

Times article - Douglas Haig's full account of the retreat from the Somme

Account of looting

German map found in Wargnies-le-Grand

Page one of Tom's account of the final battle

Page two of Tom's account of the final battle

Page three of Tom's account of the final battle

Tom's second Mention in Despatches

Tom's third mention in Despatches? Or a duplicate?

Page four of Tom's account of the final battle

Signals sheet showing Armistice orders

Official note of thanks to Military Police after final battle

Tom's blotting-paper sheet and a thank you letter from Wargnies-le-Grand

Letter from Gaston Derome to Tom thanking him for his help in liberating Bavay

Letter to Tom Westmacott from Gaston Derome

Page one of Tom's account of the Advance through Belgium

Page two of Tom's account of the advance through Belgium and into Germany

Map of area of occupation in Germany in December 1918

Miscellaneous late war photographs: ?group arriving home in Britain, group of unidentified officers, Cologne Cathedral

Photograph of Tom plus a socialist flier relating to the German republican movement

Three unidentified photographs probably taken in Germany

Two photographs and an out-of-synch signal from 11.11.18

Two photographs taken in Cologne: top, railway station showing trams, bottom, group of Tom's officer friends

The Citation of Tom's Order of the Croix de Guerre and receipt

Miscellaneous items: press cutting of Mention in Despatches from Times, press cutting showing Tom's new A.P.M appointment, billeting receipt

Tom's account of the advance into Germany

The Citation of Tom's Order of the Croix de Guerre and receipt

Times article: Douglas Haig's Victory Despatch

Tom's fourth mention in Despatches

Tom's appointment as Major

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