2620: Harry Buch

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posted on 2024-01-16, 15:02 authored by Lest We Forget Project Team

Harry was interned in Holland in Groningen, Holland in 1915. He was injured aboard a Merchant Naval vessel which was being used as a ferry ship during the war. He was admitted to the Samaritan Hospital, Colon, Panama and subsequently discharged from the hospital on 18th June 1919. He died on month later.

The box contains birth, marriage and death certificates. It is not clear what happened to Harry between being interned in Holland and being in hospital in Panama.

History

Name of contributor(s)

Fiona Neville-Rutherford

Subject of the story/individual the object(s) relate to

Harry Buch

Date(s) the event(s) in the story took place

1915-1919

Location(s) where the event(s) in the story took place

Groningen, Holland; Samaritan Hospital, Colon, Panama

Object(s)

A jewellery box and items given to Fiona by an aunt relating to Harry Buch (no relation).

Community Collection Day

Southern Roadshow, Gosport (13/02/19)

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Lest We Forget World War One

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