A Simple Prayer Book for Soldiers
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Title
A Simple Prayer Book for Soldiers
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Identifier
9590.cpd
Creator
Unknown
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Abstract
A Simple Prayer Book for Soldiers, issued by H.M. Stationery Office by arrangement with the Catholic Truth Society. Inscribed inside the front cover "This prayer book was used by Thomas Mahoney, 1914-1916", and "died in France 1916 of wounds received". Mahoney served as a private with the 1/5th Battalion of the Border Regiment. He was killed on 7th November 1916 in the Somme region, and was buried in the Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension. Part of a collection relating to Thomas Mahoney and Archibold George Fielder, deposited by Mahoney's great-grandson.
Date
Unknown
Source
Book
Medium
Paper
Type
Publication
number of pages
3
Contributor
Meriel Patrick
Meriel Patrick (Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull submissions day 31st May 2008)
Steve Fielder
Publisher
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford