The first page of Stanley Harrison’s diary
Stanley Harrison’s two diaries span the period 15 October 1918 to 27 June 1919.
His observations of deployment on Operations Syren and Elope give us a unique insight into the grinding reality of everyday life for the men sent to fight the Bolsheviks, at a time of enormous global social and political upheaval.
They include deployment to Russia; learning of the armistice en-route, mutiny and a description of the murder of one of the regiment’s officers, plus insightful social commentary on what he was experiencing.
Find out more about Stanley Harrison and read his diaries here.