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Description: | Ts transcription of 2 letters written to his widow and relating to his death in action on 4 September 1918 while serving as a private with the 1/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (125th Brigade, 42nd Division) on the Western Front, the first (1p, 8 September 1918) from Private P Magee of the 1st Infantry Battalion NZEF, describing Shillingford's burial; and the second (2pp, 20 September 1918) from his close friend Private M Stott of the 1/5th Lancashires, who was with Shillingford at the moment of his death and offers his sympathy.
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Catalogue date 2001-06-05 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Shillingford, A | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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