Letter sent on the death of Private Charles Green
Item
Title
Letter sent on the death of Private Charles Green
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Identifier
9431.cpd
Creator
Buckley, Humphrey
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Subject
Green, Charles
Abstract
Letter sent by Captain Humphrey Buckley to Charles Green's mother breaking the news of his death. The first page is photographed with its envelope, and this is accompanied by a printed transcript of the whole letter. Part of a collection relating to Charles Green, who served as a machine gunner with the 7th Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment, and was killed on 8th February 1917, in the Somme area of France.
Date
11th February 1917
Date Created
1920-01-01
Temporal Coverage
1920-12-31
Source
Leaf
Medium
Paper
Type
Letter
number of pages
2
Contributor
Meriel Patrick
Meriel Patrick (Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull submissions day 31st May 2008)
Michael Fenton
Publisher
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford