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52563: Photographs of Francis Comley

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posted on 2024-02-23, 13:33 authored by Great War Archive Project Team
<p dir="ltr">First Southern General Hospital, May 1915. Postcard sent to my grandmother by her brother Frank (Francis James Comley, b 17 May 1895, d 9 Jan 1964).</p> <p>My grandmother Gwendoline Lobb (nee Comley) was born on 11 November 1891 and died on 30 July 1981. She also had an older sister, Elsie.</p> <p>Editor's Comment: Pte. 2411 Francis James Comley, Cheshire Regiment.</p> <p>Postcard sent to my grandmother by Frank, who is standing on the right in this portrait. Postmark is Cambridge 11 February 1915.</p> <p>My grandmother Gwendoline Lobb (nee Comley) was born on 11 November 1891 and died on 30 July 1981. She also had an older sister, Elsie.</p> <p>Editor's Comment: Two soldiers of the Cheshire Regiment, wearing the obsolete (for infantry) bandoliers of the pattern 1903 equipment, reissued as an emergency measure during the war for training. </p> <p>Pte. 2411 Francis James Comley, Cheshire Regiment.</p>

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9232.cpd| 5154.pdf|GWA_3771_File0002.pdf 5155.pdf|GWA_3772_File0003.pdf

Subject

Comley, Francis James

Date

11th February 1915 - May 1915 | May-15 11th February 1915

Date Created

11/02/1915 | 01/05/1915

Temporal Coverage

31/05/1915 | 30/05/1915

Source

Postcard

Medium

Photographic paper

Type

Photograph

Pages

1, 2

Number of Pages

2

Contributor

Richard Marshall | Sarah Ward

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The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

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The Great War Archive, University of Oxford

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