Description
Object 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.
Content 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.
History note
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History note
Catalogue date 1997-06-25