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Description: | A collection of documents relating to his First World War service as a Lance Corporal with the 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps (2nd Brigade, 1st Division) and from July 1918 with the 13th Battalion The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (178th Brigade, 59th Division) on the Western Front, including an ms letter (3pp, July 1916) to his parents briefly mentioning his training at Wimbledon, an ms summary (3pp) of his wartime service including two poems dedicated to his steel helmet and gas mask, his Soldier's Service and Pay Book (AB64), a certificate from XI Corps Gas School (1p, October 1918), printed propaganda sheet (1p, nd) carrying a threatening message from the Germans, a printed letter (1p, December 1918) accompanying a Christmas gift from the firm J & R Morley Ltd, Employment (2pp, AF Z18) and Transfer to the Army Reserve certificates (1p, AF Z18) for March 1919, Identity Certificate for claiming an Army pension (2pp, November 1920), and a photograph of him in uniform.
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Catalogue date 1997-06-25 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Final Allied Offensives 1918 Last Hundred Days 1918 2nd Brigade Army Reserve 11th Corps Gas School 13th Battalion UK Western Front Army Pension Christmas Celebrations 59th Division British Army King's Royal Rifle Corps German Army Home Front J & R Morley Ltd Celebrations Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) First World War 1st Division 178th Brigade 2nd Battalion | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Bridgman, B C | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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