Christmas Card from Osborne Pigrome
Item
Title
Christmas Card from Osborne Pigrome
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Identifier
9022.cpd
Creator
Pigrome, Osborne
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Abstract
Christmas Card from the Artists Rifles, with cap badge to front. Inside, a copy of a pen and ink sketch of a church and village scene by Osborne Pigrome. Before and after the war, he was a regular weekend watercolour painter. According to family stories, Osborne never spoke about the Great War. He never married and lived quietly with two elder sisters and a niece. Born 4th February 1880, died 26th April 1963.
Pte. 2314 (later 301475) Osborne Pigrome, 2/5th (City of London) Bn. Territorial Force (London Rifle Brigade), later 28th (County of London) Bn. Territorial Force (Artists Rifles).
Pte. 2314 (later 301475) Osborne Pigrome, 2/5th (City of London) Bn. Territorial Force (London Rifle Brigade), later 28th (County of London) Bn. Territorial Force (Artists Rifles).
Date
December 1918
Date Created
1918-12-01
Temporal Coverage
1918-12-31
Source
Postcard
Medium
Card
Type
Postcard
number of pages
2
Contributor
Richard Marshall
Richard Marshall (Norwich and Norfolk Millennium Library Submission Day 8th April 2008)
Geoffrey Seale
Publisher
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford