| Description | Includes six pocket diaries of Captain Leonard Sawyer of 8th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment (27 August 1915-8 October 1919). The diaries cover his service throughout the First World War and include descriptions of the action he was involved in during the Battle of the Somme. Accompanied by a letter written by Marion [Sawyer], concerning the gifting of the diaries to a neighbour, Doris Davidson (26 September 1960). |