posted on 2024-02-23, 17:56authored byGreat War Archive Project Team
R31363 Rifleman Harry Green, photograph taken on leave prior to embarkation for France in 1916. Note marksman badge and best civilian boots.
Editor's Comment: Skill at arms badge of crossed rifles on lower left sleeve. Note also the black pressed-bone Rifle Corps buttons.
Rifleman R/31363 Harry William Green, 8th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps (part of the 14th (Light) Division), the son of Walter H. and Mary E. Green, originally of King's Lynn, Norfolk, died of wounds 27th December 1916, age 19. He is buried in Avesnes-Le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension.
History
Identifier
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Subject
Green, Harry William
Date
December 1916
Date Created
01/12/1916
Temporal Coverage
31/12/1916
Source
Photograph
Medium
Photographic paper
Type
Photograph
Contributor
Richard Marshall | Michael Davies
Rights
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor