Letter from and membership card belonging to Sergeant R. W. Readhead (1)
Page description
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Letter from and membership card belonging to Sergeant R. W. Readhead (1)
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| Author |
Readhead, Ralph William
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| Notes |
Letter from Sergeant Ralph William Readhead to his wife, written while he was in hospital recovering from a bullet wound to the arm. The letter is accompanied by a handwritten transcript, and a label saying that Readhead was 'injured on the Somme' (although the battle usually known by that name did not occur until the following year), and Readhead's membership card for The Northumberland Fusiliers' South African Volunteers' Association. Part of a collection relating to Ralph William Readhead of the 4th East Yorks.
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| Item date |
26th May 1915
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| Creation place |
Unknown
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| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Page number |
1
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| Total number of pages |
3
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| Cataloguer |
Alun Edwards
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| Filename |
GWA_5820_hull0199.jpg
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Meriel Patrick (Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull submissions day 31st May 2008)
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| Contributed on the behalf of |
Sandra Cane
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Collection
Citation
“Letter from and membership card belonging to Sergeant R. W. Readhead,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 2, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/6099.
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Document description
| Title |
Letter from and membership card belonging to Sergeant R. W. Readhead
|
|---|---|
| Author |
Readhead, Ralph William
|
| Notes |
Letter from Sergeant Ralph William Readhead to his wife, written while he was in hospital recovering from a bullet wound to the arm. The letter is accompanied by a handwritten transcript, and a label saying that Readhead was 'injured on the Somme' (although the battle usually known by that name did not occur until the following year), and Readhead's membership card for The Northumberland Fusiliers' South African Volunteers' Association. Part of a collection relating to Ralph William Readhead of the 4th East Yorks.
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| Item date |
26th May 1915
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| Creation place |
Unknown
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| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Total number of pages |
3
|
| Cataloguer |
Alun Edwards
|
| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
|
| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Meriel Patrick (Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull submissions day 31st May 2008)
|
| Contributed on the behalf of |
Sandra Cane
|
Citation
“Letter from and membership card belonging to Sergeant R. W. Readhead,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 2, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/6099.
