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60892: Letter sent on the death of Private Charles Green

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Letter sent by Captain Humphrey Buckley to Charles Green's mother breaking the news of his death. The first page is photographed with its envelope, and this is accompanied by a printed transcript of the whole letter. Part of a collection relating to Charles Green, who served as a machine gunner with the 7th Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment, and was killed on 8th February 1917, in the Somme area of France.

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Identifier

9431.cpd| 6892.jpg|GWA_5945_hull0231.jpg 6893.jpg|GWA_5946_hull0238.jpg

Creator

Buckley, Humphrey

Subject

Green, Charles

Date

11th February 1917

Date Created

01/01/1920

Temporal Coverage

31/12/1920

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Type

Letter

Pages

1, 2

Number of Pages

2

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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