Triumph on the Western Front

Description:

Oswald Harcourt Davis was a despatch motorcycle rider during World War 1. This item contains his own words written as a diary during his years on the Western Front. Oswald joined the Royal Engineers in 1916 and arrived in Abbeville, Somme, France, in July that year. He was attached to the ANZACs and rode a Triumph motorcycle to carry pigeons at a time when communications were limited and risky.

subjects: Diaries,  Motorcycle troops,  World War, 1914-1918,  Campaigns,  British Personal narratives,  Great Britain. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps,  Great Britain,  Great Britain. Army,  Great Britain. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corpsy

People: Oswald Harcourt Davis (1882-1962)

Places: Western Front