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Description: | 3 ms letters (5pp), 7 June – 28 August 1917, written home to his mother shortly before his death in action on 30 August 1917 while serving as a subaltern with the 3rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery (28th Division) on the Western Front, mainly referring to family matters but mentioning time spent in the line and the poor weather being experienced in France. Together with an ms telegram of condolence from the King and Queen (2pp, 20 September 1917); 5 photographs including one of him in uniform; a newspaper obituary (1p, undated but ca September 1917); his commission certificate (1p, 18 January 1917); official ts letter (1p, 13 November 1922) accompanying his three standard war medals; the scroll (1p) and printed royal message (1p) accompanying his bronze memorial plaque; and a certificate celebrating his Confirmation and First Communion (1p, 1900).
Cataloguer APR | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Jeavons, Rechab Vivian | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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