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Surnames: Chalmers? Stone
Classification: Query
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Message Board Post:
There is a diary for sale on eBay that may have belonged to James Chalmer Stone. I have no
connection with this auction, but I hate to see personal items like this go to strangers,
and I thought perhaps one of his relatives would see this post.
--Rae
Use this URL to view or bid:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1508828984#DESC
According to the description on eBay:
WW I Diary dated 1916 written by a soldier who was on the front line in the Belgium city
of Ypres.
The casualties suffered in the First World War were of a scale never before experienced.
Great Britain and her Empire lost over 1,000,000 combatants; France, 1,300,000; Russia,
1,700,000; Germany and its allies, 3,500,000. Losses in life per day of the war exceeded
5,500.
Every soldier was involved in some form of continual conflict while serving on the
front-line (e.g. trench raids, snipers, shelling) and this soldier was no exception. This
World War I diary consists of 108 pages in which 45 have actual entries, from February
through July. The majority of the entries, he describes, in brief detail, the horrific
day-to-day front line battle.
There is also a directory in the back of the diary where he lists the members of his
battery/regiment. I was unable to identify who penned the diary however, tucked inside the
diary was a driving license for James Chalmer Stone(which I will include with the
auction), so it is very possible that he wrote the diary.