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The Salient was one of many trench journals written and published by, and for, the troops. It was published at Christmas 1915 and therefore pre-dated the better known British trench journal “The Wipers Times”. Contributions for The Salient came from some of the West Ridings troops belonging to the VI Corps. Only a few known copies of this journal still remain and one can be found in the West Yorkshire Archives at Huddersfield Library. On the front cover there is an advertisement for a publication by the Huddersfield Battalion and also a concert by ‘The Fancies’, a troupe referred to by a Huddersfield private, Freddie Smith, in his letters home. Location: Huddersfield Library, Princess St, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD1 2SU Image: Front cover of a publication of the Salient Times, courtesy of The Duke of Wellington's Museum Archive and West Yorkshire Archive Service, Kirklees Presented by Jane Chesworth
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