60733: Thmas Shortman medals and forwarding letter

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posted on 2024-02-23, 23:00 authored by Great War Archive Project Team

1914/15 Star, War and Victory medals with ribbons. Includes the letter sent to his widow accompanying the 1914-15 star.

Editor's Comment:
Pte. 17482 Thomas James Shortman, 1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry, killed in action 1st July 1916, aged 44. The husband of Clara Ann Shortman, of 14, Dapps Hill, Keynsham, Bristol, he is buried in Thistle Dump Cemetery, High Wood, Longueval. The 1st Bn., as part of the 4th Division, attacked between the villages of Serre and Beaumont Hamel on the first day of the Batlle of the Somme.

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9164.cpd| 4816.jpg|GWA_3377_P1000371.jpg 4817.jpg|GWA_3378_P1000374.jpg 4818.jpg|GWA_3379_P1000375.jpg

Subject

Shortman, Thomas James

Date

25th June 1920

Date Created

25/06/1920

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Multiple

Medium

Mixed

Type

Multiple

Pages

1, 2, 3

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Contributor

Richard Marshall | Jane Bradley

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford

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Great War Archive World War One Multiple

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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