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57410: Scroll commemorating Private Charles Green

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Commemorative scroll. Printed in gold is: "For King and Country to the glory of God and everlasting memory of", and beneath this, at the centre of the page, is what appears to be a small clipping from a newspaper, reading: "GREEN, Pte. Charles A., 11/613. "D" Coy. 7th Bn. East Yorkshire Regt. 8th Feb., 1917. Age 19. Son of George Alfred and Alice Mary Green, of 88, Summergangs Rd., Holderness Rd., Hull." Beneath this is printed "Who gave his life in the Great War that we might live and whose name is carved in stone at Thiepval - British Memorial - France, to be unveiled by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales". The scroll features photographs of this and several other memorials.

Part of a collection relating to Charles Green, who served as a machine gunner with the 7th Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment.

History

Identifier

6891.jpg | GWA_5944_hull0230.jpg |

Subject

Green, Charles

Date

1920

Date Created

01/01/1920

Temporal Coverage

31/12/1920

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Type

Other

Contributor

Meriel Patrick | Meriel Patrick | Michael Fenton

Submission Event

Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull Submission Day, 31st May 2008

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford

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