Tin in Sapper E. Grantham's Haversack which deflected a bullet
| Title |
Tin in Sapper E. Grantham's Haversack which deflected a bullet
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| Subject |
Grantham, Ernest
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| Notes |
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. Editor's Comment: Shaving stick tin, one of two that deflected bullet. Sapper 146217 Ernest Grantham, 156th Field Company, Royal Engineers. The 156th Field Coy. were attached to the 16th (Irish) Division. |
| Item date |
20th November 1917
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| Creation place |
Bullecourt
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| Content | |
| Total number of pages |
2
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| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Angela Sanderson
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Collection
Citation
“Tin in Sapper E. Grantham's Haversack which deflected a bullet,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 2, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9214.
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