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Description: | Five ms letters (14pp) and a field service postcard sent to his family dated between 12 December 1914 and 7 June 1915 while serving with C Squadron, 1st Kings Dragoon Guards (1st Indian Cavalry Division) on the Western Front until he was killed in action on 2 June 1915 at Hooge. Together with two ms letters (4pp) from Private G Mann describing the circumstances of Hatcher’s death, a photograph of Hatcher mounted in uniform, a printed letter of sympathy (1p) from Lord Kitchener, three newspaper clippings announcing his death, and a ts letter (1p, 24 June 1919) advising the award of the 1914-15 Star.
Cataloguer AJC | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 1st King's Dragoon Guards British Army | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Hatcher, Thomas George | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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