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53985: Photograph of Rifleman Harry Green K.R.R.C

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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.

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4222.jpg| GWA_2755_3.jpg|

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

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford

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