Letters from Private Grattan Atkins (3)

A diary kept by Grattan Atkins from 1st January 1915 to 10th September 1915 (when he was shot, with a few subsequent pages on his hospitalization), is also kept by the family.

Editor's Comment:
Letters to mother and father, sent between 15th March 1915 and 3rd August 1915, also page from diary.

Pte. 2301 John C. Grattan Atkins, 1/23rd Bn. (County of London) Bn., Territorial Force (London Regiment), served for a time in the battalion's Trench Mortar (Reserve) Battery. The 1/23rd Bn. was part of the 47th (London) Division, joining on 11th May 1915.

该日记由格拉坦·阿特金斯（Grattan Atkins）撰写，时间跨度为1915年1月1日至1915年9月10日（当日其中弹负伤，另有数页记录了后续住院经历），现由其家族收藏。
编者按：另有1915年3月15日至1915年8月3日期间寄给其父母的书信，以及部分日记手稿。
编号2301的一等兵（Private，Pte.）约翰·C·格拉坦·阿特金斯，隶属于第1/23步兵营（伦敦郡营）、本土志愿部队（Territorial Force）伦敦团，曾在该营的迫击炮（Trench Mortar）预备炮兵分队服役。第1/23步兵营隶属于第47（伦敦）师，于1915年5月11日编入该师序列。