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Description: | Pass dated June 1915 for Private G E M Michael, 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (20th Division) to be absent from quarters in the UK; the pass bears the pencilled messages 'Off to France' and 'Just off to front' dated 24 July 1915 and was tossed by Michael to his cousin, manager of the bookstall on Winchfield station, Hampshire, from the train which was taking him to France. (The 20th Division disembarked at Boulogne on 25 July 1915). Also an undated newspaper cutting about Michael's First World War service.
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Catalogue date 1981-03 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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