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Description: | Mainly concerning Hugh Chance's time as a prisoner of war at Clausthal, including letters: to G. F. [George Ferguson] Chance from Major Sidney Smith; the Prisoners of War International Agency; the Territorial Force Record Office; Captain R. A. Boger on his return from Clausthal giving news of Hugh; A. Gilbert Notts answering questions about Clausthal; staff of Chance Brothers & Co. and old employees both congratulating on Hugh's return; from Hugh Chance to E.G (Eustace George, his brother?), and Ellie before his capture; an excerpt of his initial letter home; to his sister K, from the Front and prisoner of war camp; a note of well wishes to Hugh from Miss Julie Green; and a letter of sympathy to Miss Chance from Maude Stersberg with whom Hugh was ballotted at Brentwood in 1915. Also includes a list of the kit of Hugh Chance when he went missing, his diary from the camp (on slips of paper, one of which remains in a wooden photograph frame, see FP-CH/15/7/6), and camp paraphernalia. Found in an envelope with a penned note on detailing the contents, which has been retained. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Sandwell Archives | Rights holder: | Sandwell Archives | Temporal: | 1916 - 1918 | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Chance Family | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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