By Kate O’Brien, Archives Collections Manager, King’s College London Archives This mournful piece of doggerel, with its eloquent illustration, is preserved in the World War One diary of Major General Sir William Douglas Smith (ref: SMITH, WD 2/2). ‘AF’ may be Smith’s fellow officer, Major Athel (or Athol) Murray Hay Forbes. I love its mordant, …
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