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Description: | Small but interesting collection of 4 ms letters and 7 postcards written (?c.) September 1914 - April 1915 to his mother whilst serving aged 17 in the 5th (Reserve) Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps in Winchester and Sheerness before leaving for the front in November 1914, returning again to the 6th (Reserve) Battalion in Sheerness in 1915 and leaving for the second time on a draft in April 1915 before being killed at Ypres on 10 May 1915, giving poignant indications of his age, his relationship with his family and his situation in the army.
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Catalogue date 1989-11-06 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 6th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps British Army 5th Battalion | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Brown, S E | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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