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Description: | Small collection of papers relating to his service as an NCO with the 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment (88th Brigade, 29th Division) and death in action in France on 3 June 1918, including 2 ms letters (4pp in total, July 1917) from his wife mentioning the difficulties at home caused by rationing; an ms letter (2pp, December 1916) from the children of Wigmore School, Herefordshire, written in response to his having been sent to hospital with wounds; an ms letter (2pp, 4 June 1918) from the Matron of No 2 Casualty Clearing Station informing Mrs Morgan of her husband's death; correspondence from the War Office and IWGC regarding his death and burial, including royal messages of commiseration; 8 'midget message cards' sent to him by his wife; 3 ms letters (9pp in total, 1917) sent to his wife by friends and family; 8 photographs including him in uniform, his wife and children and his grave; an Army Certificate of Education Second Class (1p, July 1928) and a 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment Christmas card from 1936.
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Catalogue date 2001-10-03 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Morgan, W | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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