Image: © IWM (Documents.22725)

Object Details

Category
Private papers
Related period
First World War (content), First World War (association)
Creator
Wykeham-Musgrave, Wenham Humfry ('Kit')
Production date
1914
Dimensions

whole: 2 files

Catalogue number
Documents.22725

Object associations

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