Letters from Private Grattan Atkins (1)
Page description
| Title |
Letters from Private Grattan Atkins (1)
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|---|---|
| Author |
Atkins, John C. Grattan
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| Notes |
A diary kept by Grattan Atkins from 1st January 1915 to 10th September 1915 (when he was shot, with a few subsequent pages on his hospitalization), is also kept by the family.
Editor's Comment: Letters to mother and father, sent between 15th March 1915 and 3rd August 1915, also page from diary. Pte. 2301 John C. Grattan Atkins, 1/23rd Bn. (County of London) Bn., Territorial Force (London Regiment), served for a time in the battalion's Trench Mortar (Reserve) Battery. The 1/23rd Bn. was part of the 47th (London) Division, joining on 11th May 1915. |
| Item date |
March - August 1915
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| Creation place |
France
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| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Page number |
1
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| Total number of pages |
21
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| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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| Filename |
GWA_4192_Doc1.doc
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Sheila Watt
|
Collection
Citation
“Letters from Private Grattan Atkins,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 10, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/732.
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Document description
| Title |
Letters from Private Grattan Atkins
|
|---|---|
| Author |
Atkins, John C. Grattan
|
| Notes |
A diary kept by Grattan Atkins from 1st January 1915 to 10th September 1915 (when he was shot, with a few subsequent pages on his hospitalization), is also kept by the family.
Editor's Comment: Letters to mother and father, sent between 15th March 1915 and 3rd August 1915, also page from diary. Pte. 2301 John C. Grattan Atkins, 1/23rd Bn. (County of London) Bn., Territorial Force (London Regiment), served for a time in the battalion's Trench Mortar (Reserve) Battery. The 1/23rd Bn. was part of the 47th (London) Division, joining on 11th May 1915. |
| Item date |
March - August 1915
|
| Creation place |
France
|
| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Total number of pages |
21
|
| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
|
| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
|
| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Sheila Watt
|
Citation
“Letters from Private Grattan Atkins,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 10, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/732.
