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D5723 - Maria Gyte of Sheldon, innkeeper and farmer's wife - 1911-1921
- 1 - Personal diaries - 1911-1921

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5723/1/2
Title	Diary
Date	Oct 1913 - Oct 1915
Extent	1 volume
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Maria Gyte of Sheldon, innkeeper and farmer's wife
Term	First World War (1914-1918)
Term	Diaries
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Transcript or Index	Extract [1914] Aug 4th Rather gloomy at times. Men working in the hay Mr&Mrs (Waterlands) Wm mowed croft heads. Ball & Nothing can be talked about but the "war family This has come on so suddenly. 1st Austria & Servia [Serbia] went home Then Russia mobilise This does not please Germany & she invades France before war is declared. England has ?forefit for peace built it is feared that she will have to fight as Germany is proving very aggresive Sir Edward Grey's speech in paper this morning Wm also mowed Little Butts England declared war on Germany
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