Letter from Private Charles Green
Item
Title
Letter from Private Charles Green
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Identifier
9433.cpd
Creator
Green, Charles
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Abstract
Final letter home from Private Charles Green to his mother: he was killed a few days after this was written. The letter thanks his mother for a parcel received, requests some additional items, and talks about the practical consequences of the extreme cold the soldiers have to deal with. It is accompanied by a printed transcript.
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.
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
4th February 1917
Date Created
1917-02-04
Source
Leaf
Medium
Paper
Type
Letter
number of pages
4
Contributor
Meriel Patrick
Meriel Patrick (Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull submissions day 31st May 2008)
Michael Fenton
Publisher
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford