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Description: | Collection of papers (8pp) relating to his service as a Private with the 16th Battalion Middlesex Regiment (attached to 100th Brigade, 33rd Division in July 1915, until transferred to 86th Brigade, 29th Division on 25 April 1916), including a ms letter (1p) written by him to his young son (no date recorded) whilst stationed in the trenches of the Western Front, a ms letter (1p) of condolence sent to his wife from the chaplain attached to his Battalion, 8 June 1917, as well as two ts letters (1p each) from the War Office, announcing how he was killed in action on 22 May 1917 and was posthumously awarded the Victory Medal, along with a photocopy of his birth certificate, the Bible he carried with him during his service, in which he has underlined certain sections, a scroll, plaque and church service sheet all commemorating his death, two embroidered postcards and a photograph of him in uniform.
Cataloguer CLS | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | British Army Middlesex Regiment | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Thompson, William J | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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