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60819: Tin in Sapper E. Grantham's Haversack which deflected a bullet

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posted on 2024-02-23, 23:01 authored by Great War Archive Project Team
<p dir="ltr">Sapper E Grantham was awarded a Bravery Certificate (submitted separately) after this event when a Corporal was wounded but this and a tea tin (submitted separately) saved him by deflecting a bullet. A letter (also submitted separately) described the event. He and another soldier got the Corporal back safely.</p> <p><br>Editor's Comment:<br> Tea tin, one of two that deflected bullet. </p> <p>Sapper 146217 Ernest Grantham, 156th Field Company, Royal Engineers. The 156th Field Coy. were attached to the 16th (Irish) Division. Sapper E Grantham was awarded a Bravery Certificate (submitted separately) after this event when a Corporal was wounded but this and a tea tin (submitted separately) saved him by deflecting a bullet. A letter (also submitted separately) described the event. He and another soldier got the Corporal back safely.</p> <p><br>Editor's Comment:<br> Shaving stick tin, one of two that deflected bullet. </p> <p>Sapper 146217 Ernest Grantham, 156th Field Company, Royal Engineers. The 156th Field Coy. were attached to the 16th (Irish) Division.</p>

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Subject

Grantham, Ernest

Date

20th November 1917

Date Created

20/11/1917

Source

Artifact

Medium

Metal

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Other

Pages

1, 2

Number of Pages

2

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Richard Marshall | Angela Sanderson

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The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

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The Great War Archive, University of Oxford

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