Description
Object description
63 ms letters (355pp) plus 36 field service postcards written to his wife, June 1915 - April 1917, covering his service as a Lance Corporal initially at Altcar camp with the 25th Battalion Manchester Regiment, then at Cleethorpes with the 3rd Battalion, before being sent to the Western Front in September 1916 to join the 18th Battalion (90th Brigade, 30th Division), mainly evoking his concern for his wife and child back home and the conditions under which they were living while criticising the high food prices and the government, and describing men `jumping the draft', the French people and his billets, and visits from Lord Derby (Secretary of State for War) and Field Marshal Haig, together with 13 ms letters (33pp) from his wife, April - May 1917, which were returned following his death in action on 23 April 1917, as well as 15 ms letters of condolence (31pp) from his Company Commander, the latter's fiancee, fellow soldiers and friends at home, and a collection of miscellaneous documents and press cuttings relating mainly to his death and war grave, including correspondence concerning his wife's war pension, a memo from Infantry Records (AF C348), War Office Effects Form 45, a printed booklet on Soldier's Pensions (1918), 2 National Registration cards (September 1915), official notification of his death (AF B104-82), undated notification of the location of his grave at the British Cemetery Heninel (with a photograph of the grave) from the Director-General of Graves Registration and Enquiries at the War Office, marriage certificate, last will and testament, Masonic certificate, and 6 miscellaneous letters (16pp), 1911 - 1916.
Content description
63 ms letters (355pp) plus 36 field service postcards written to his wife, June 1915 - April 1917, covering his service as a Lance Corporal initially at Altcar camp with the 25th Battalion Manchester Regiment, then at Cleethorpes with the 3rd Battalion, before being sent to the Western Front in September 1916 to join the 18th Battalion (90th Brigade, 30th Division), mainly evoking his concern for his wife and child back home and the conditions under which they were living while criticising the high food prices and the government, and describing men `jumping the draft', the French people and his billets, and visits from Lord Derby (Secretary of State for War) and Field Marshal Haig, together with 13 ms letters (33pp) from his wife, April - May 1917, which were returned following his death in action on 23 April 1917, as well as 15 ms letters of condolence (31pp) from his Company Commander, the latter's fiancee, fellow soldiers and friends at home, and a collection of miscellaneous documents and press cuttings relating mainly to his death and war grave, including correspondence concerning his wife's war pension, a memo from Infantry Records (AF C348), War Office Effects Form 45, a printed booklet on Soldier's Pensions (1918), 2 National Registration cards (September 1915), official notification of his death (AF B104-82), undated notification of the location of his grave at the British Cemetery Heninel (with a photograph of the grave) from the Director-General of Graves Registration and Enquiries at the War Office, marriage certificate, last will and testament, Masonic certificate, and 6 miscellaneous letters (16pp), 1911 - 1916.
History note
Cataloguer APR
History note
Catalogue date 1996-04-30