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Object description
A collection of papers relating to the service and death in action of Corporal J C Bolton MM at Ypres (27 June 1917) while serving as a Linesman with Signal Section 'A'Company, 8th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), including: a picture postcard of Worthing with a message from John Bolton to his sister, Miss A Bolton (2pp, n.d.); an embroidered silk Christmas Card with inserted card printed 'A Happy Christmas' (no message, n.d.); an embroidered silk postcard with the insignia of the London Scottish with inserted card 'Hurrah for the Allies' (no message, n.d.); two ms letters sent to his sister by Corporal Lewis Morgan, Signal Section, 8th Battalion RWKR, the first (2pp, 2 July 1917) commiserating with her over the loss of her brother, saying that he and John were very good friends, giving the circumstances of his death and his burial, the second (2pp plus envelope, 11 July 1917) apologising for the abruptness of his previous letter and his not realising that no one had notified them previously, thanking her for the parcel which he distributed amongst the men, and giving more details of John's death; three ms letters to Miss Bolton from Mrs Nancy Yew, sister of Corporal Morgan, the first (4pp, 13 July 1917) saying that her brother had asked her to write, sending her sympathy, details of her own brothers, one a prisoner of war, saying that John was at peace and not suffering, and the pride they must be feeling on his award, the second (2pp, 31 July 1917) thanking Miss Bolton for the photo of John, how her brother was broken-hearted at losing his friend, and her fears for her brother as she knows he was in action, and the last (2pp, 20 April 1918) saying that her brother Lewis had been home on leave when the German offensive started, avoiding the fate of hundreds of others in the Company, and that her youngest brother was also home; a ms letter (2pp, plus envelope, 16 July 1917) to Mrs Bolton from John's officer, Lieutenant C L A Hutchison, sending his sympathies, saying what a loss John was to the Signal Section, and that he had recommended John for a Military Medal but he was killed before notification came through that he had been awarded it; a printed leaflet (1p) from the Corps Commander I Corps to 24th Division passing on the messages of congratulations from the Commander in Chief and other army commanders for the division's performance in the Vimy Ridge battle (April 1917); a portrait photograph of J C Bolton in the uniform of a Lance Corporal Signaller in QORWKR (n.d.); a printed message of condolence from HM King George V and a memorial scroll to accompany the next of kin plaque; a newspaper cutting (1p, n.d.) saying that J C Bolton had been killed, and quoting from Lieutenant Hutchison's letter to Mrs Bolton.
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A collection of papers relating to the service and death in action of Corporal J C Bolton MM at Ypres (27 June 1917) while serving as a Linesman with Signal Section 'A'Company, 8th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), including: a picture postcard of Worthing with a message from John Bolton to his sister, Miss A Bolton (2pp, n.d.); an embroidered silk Christmas Card with inserted card printed 'A Happy Christmas' (no message, n.d.); an embroidered silk postcard with the insignia of the London Scottish with inserted card 'Hurrah for the Allies' (no message, n.d.); two ms letters sent to his sister by Corporal Lewis Morgan, Signal Section, 8th Battalion RWKR, the first (2pp, 2 July 1917) commiserating with her over the loss of her brother, saying that he and John were very good friends, giving the circumstances of his death and his burial, the second (2pp plus envelope, 11 July 1917) apologising for the abruptness of his previous letter and his not realising that no one had notified them previously, thanking her for the parcel which he distributed amongst the men, and giving more details of John's death; three ms letters to Miss Bolton from Mrs Nancy Yew, sister of Corporal Morgan, the first (4pp, 13 July 1917) saying that her brother had asked her to write, sending her sympathy, details of her own brothers, one a prisoner of war, saying that John was at peace and not suffering, and the pride they must be feeling on his award, the second (2pp, 31 July 1917) thanking Miss Bolton for the photo of John, how her brother was broken-hearted at losing his friend, and her fears for her brother as she knows he was in action, and the last (2pp, 20 April 1918) saying that her brother Lewis had been home on leave when the German offensive started, avoiding the fate of hundreds of others in the Company, and that her youngest brother was also home; a ms letter (2pp, plus envelope, 16 July 1917) to Mrs Bolton from John's officer, Lieutenant C L A Hutchison, sending his sympathies, saying what a loss John was to the Signal Section, and that he had recommended John for a Military Medal but he was killed before notification came through that he had been awarded it; a printed leaflet (1p) from the Corps Commander I Corps to 24th Division passing on the messages of congratulations from the Commander in Chief and other army commanders for the division's performance in the Vimy Ridge battle (April 1917); a portrait photograph of J C Bolton in the uniform of a Lance Corporal Signaller in QORWKR (n.d.); a printed message of condolence from HM King George V and a memorial scroll to accompany the next of kin plaque; a newspaper cutting (1p, n.d.) saying that J C Bolton had been killed, and quoting from Lieutenant Hutchison's letter to Mrs Bolton.
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