Field Service Postcard sent by Charles W. Carr after wounded
Item
Title
Field Service Postcard sent by Charles W. Carr after wounded
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Identifier
9191.cpd
Creator
Carr, Charles Woodward
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Abstract
Field Service Postcard sent by Charles W. Carr after being seriously wounded - shot in the legs by machine gun bullets - during the the attack of the 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment on Pond Farm during the battle of Paschendale. His family actually believed he was missing, and presumed he was killed.
The postcard was postmarked 24 Aug 1917, and a note on the card shows it was received 27 Aug at 6.15pm.
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.
The postcard was postmarked 24 Aug 1917, and a note on the card shows it was received 27 Aug at 6.15pm.
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 August 1917
Date Created
1917-08-24
Source
Postcard
Medium
Card
Type
Postcard
number of pages
2
Contributor
Richard Marshall
Alun Edwards (Powys Archives submissions day)
Tony Carr
Publisher
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford