German postcard and photograph souvenired by George Powell
Item
Title
German postcard and photograph souvenired by George Powell
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Identifier
9392.cpd
Creator
Powell, George
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Abstract
George Powell was a very small man and was enlisted into The Welsh Bantams. Being of a very young age when the war began he joined by stating he was older than his correct age. By the end of the Great War George had spent a year in hospital suffering horrific injuries. Editor's Comment: Presumably picked up from the battlefield as souvenirs. The postcard depicts German soldiers in a buring village and bears a Feldpost stamp to the reverse; the photograph is of a German signalling unit, with signalling lamp (Blinkgerät) on tripod. Private George Powell would have enlisted as a Bantam in the 17th (Service) Bn. (1st Glamorgans), The Welsh Regiment.
Date
14th April 1917
Date Created
1914-08-01
Temporal Coverage
1916-12-31
Source
Photograph
Medium
Card
Type
Postcard
number of pages
3
Contributor
Richard Marshall
Gwyneth E Gwynne
George Powell
Publisher
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford