Photo of Reg Cole, and landlady's family

Item

Title

Photo of Reg Cole, and landlady's family

Identifier

9174.cpd

Subject

Cole, Reg

Abstract

Photograph sent as a postcard by Reg Cole to his cousin Charles W. Carr. Both served with the Gloucestershire Regiment (in this postcard Reg (service no. 1844) writes from C Company (1/)5th Glos. to Charles in C Company 2/5th, at Northampton). The message explains that when Reg and his company move on Charles will soon be coming to Chelmsford. Reg is standing on left in this photograph.

Private 1844 Reginald William Cole, 'C' Coy., 5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment, died 12th May 1915, aged 22. The son of Abraham Noden Cole and Minnie Rosetta Cole, of 12, Clarence Square, Cheltenham. Born at Skenfrith, he is buried in Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery.

Part of large collection of photos and memoribilia relating to Serjeant 3091 (later 240965) Charles Woodward Carr, 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - kept by Mrs Gill Porter and Mr Tony Carr of their father.

Date

24th March 1915

Date Created

1915-03-24

Source

Postcard

Medium

Photographic paper

Type

Photograph

number of pages

2

Contributor

Richard Marshall
Alun Edwards (Powys Archives submissions day)
Mrs Gill Porter

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford