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58399: Trench Art

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posted on 2024-02-17, 19:28 authored by Great War Archive Project Team

Letter opener, (knife made from bullets and scrap metal). Made by my uncle, Sid Roberts, who was in the East Surrey's. Gassed twice and returned to another regiment, probably the Engineers. Think he was a sergeant at the end of the war. Being gassed saved his life as rest of his comrades were all killed! Possibly an Old Contemptible, as a lot of them were at his funeral.

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Identifier

8774.cpd | 2610.jpg | GWA_0606_DSC02291.jpg 2611.jpg | GWA_0607_DSC02292.jpg 2612.jpg | GWA_0608_DSC02293.jpg 2613.jpg | GWA_0609_DSC02294.jpg

Subject

Roberts, Sid

Date

1917

Date Created

01/01/1917

Temporal Coverage

31/12/1917

Source

Artifact

Medium

Metal

Type

Memorabilia

Pages

1, 2, 3, 4

Number of Pages

4

Contributor

Everett Sharp | Alun Edwards | Susan Eysackers

Submission Event

Oxford Central Library Submission Day, 10th March 2008

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford

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