7:29am Posted 4 April , 2005 Share Posted 4 April , 2005 Hi, I have a hand written book that belonged to a Lieutenant CALVERLEY GEORGE BEWICKE of the 1st Btn Welsh guards, and from what i can gather they are his notes from officer training. The book includes wonderful hand drawn pictures of Lewis guns, grenades, Lee Enfield, and all of their components. It has sections on bombing, raiding, musketry, Signal de corps (which is great) as well as map reading aerial photo interp and different ranks duty. I could scan some bits if people are interested. And has anybody seen anything similar? Cheers Jim Royall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 4 April , 2005 Share Posted 4 April , 2005 I have never seen a hand written one - nice find. I would be interested to see the material on air photo interpretation; thanks for offering to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7:29am Posted 4 April , 2005 Author Share Posted 4 April , 2005 I have never seen a hand written one - nice find. I would be interested to see the material on air photo interpretation; thanks for offering to do this. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Basically talks about when to order aerial photos, that they should be taken in the afternoon or morning when they cast shadows etc.. i shall post a few scans 2moro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie Posted 5 April , 2005 Share Posted 5 April , 2005 Yes, my friend's grandfather's war collection came to light a few months ago after being in a cupboard for years. In it was his notebook from officer training and sounds very similiar to yours. He was an officer in the light horse and it also covers Australian army regulations, courts of enquiry and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7:29am Posted 8 April , 2005 Author Share Posted 8 April , 2005 Here are some of the pages from the book. It is an absolutely fascinating read. One of my prized bits. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7:29am Posted 8 April , 2005 Author Share Posted 8 April , 2005 Here is another one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7:29am Posted 8 April , 2005 Author Share Posted 8 April , 2005 this is the first page of tactics involving pillboxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7:29am Posted 8 April , 2005 Author Share Posted 8 April , 2005 page 2 it goes on but i don't really have the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7:29am Posted 8 April , 2005 Author Share Posted 8 April , 2005 This perhaps the most interesting. The esprit de corps.. seems absurd but very british Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7:29am Posted 8 April , 2005 Author Share Posted 8 April , 2005 page 2 and 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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