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† The First World War diaries of Brigadier H.H.S. Morant D.S.O, being the personal story of Morant with the 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry of which he was Colonel, from August 1914 with the mobilization in Newcastle and surrounding areas through the war, bound in two volumes with tooled gilding; together with a collection of letters written by Morant to his wife Helen, throughout the war period and after, giving a more personal account to his time in the army, discussing many points mentioned in the diaries as well as some omitted; and Morant's copy of 'The Durham Light Infantry' by The Hon. W.L. Vane, 1914.