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61089: Spurs and riding crop of Frank Dowdeswell

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posted on 2024-02-25, 18:32 authored by Great War Archive Project Team

After the First World War Frank Dowdeswell, 7th Buffs regiment, served with the British army in Ireland and witnessed the fighting/civil war there. Frank was the father of Pam Hyett. He was known to his family as 'Curly', because of his hair.

Part of a collection relating to the service of Frank (7th Buffs) and Bob (Army Service Corps) Dowdeswell, of Shaw Green, Prestbury, nr Cheltenham. Bob died in April 1917 after a lorry accident.

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Identifier

9500.cpd| 7587.jpg|GWA_6651_Pict0401.jpg 7588.jpg|GWA_6652_Pict0402.jpg

Subject

Dowdeswell, Frank

Date

1919 - 1921

Date Created

01/01/1919

Temporal Coverage

31/12/1921

Source

Artifact

Medium

Mixed

Type

Memorabilia

Pages

1, 2

Number of Pages

2

Contributor

Alun Edwards | Alun Edwards | Terry and Pam Hyett

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford

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