53874: Wharton Rye Collinge's Wallet

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posted on 2024-02-23, 14:42 authored by Great War Archive Project Team

Wharton Rye Collinge's Wallet with photo of Ella, pen, money and medals.

Editor's Comment: 50 Centime note, dated 1917, 5 Franc note, War and Victory Medals, pen, photograph, contained in black pigskin wallet with initials W.R.C.

Lieutenant Wharton Rye Collinge, 2nd/6th (Rifle) Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment), died of gas poisoning 7th August 1917 and is buried in Merville Communal Cemetery.

History

Identifier

4156.jpg| GWA_2574_Wallet.jpg|

Subject

Collinge, Wharton Rye; Collinge, Ella

Date

1917

Date Created

01/01/1917

Temporal Coverage

31/12/1917

Source

Multiple

Medium

Mixed

Type

Collection

Contributor

Richard Marshall | Martin Collinge

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford