54804: Embroidery of the badge of the Gloucestershire Regiment

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posted on 2024-02-21, 10:15 authored by Great War Archive Project Team

Sergeant Charles W. Carr made this embroidery of his regimental badge whilst convalescing after being seriously wounded - shot in the legs by machine gun bullets - during the attack of the 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment on Pond Farm during the battle of Paschendale.

Part of large collection of photos and memoribilia relating to Serjeant 3091 (later 240965) Charles Woodward Carr, 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - kept by Mrs Gill Porter and Mr Tony Carr of their father.

History

Identifier

4930.jpg | GWA_3495_Embroidery.jpg |

Creator

Carr, Charles Woodward

Date

1917 - 1918

Date Created

01/01/1917

Temporal Coverage

31/12/1918

Source

Artifact

Medium

Other

Type

Other

Contributor

Richard Marshall | Alun Edwards | Tony Carr

Submission Event

Powys Archives Submission Day

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford