Letter from Leonard Mortimer (4)
Page description
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Letter from Leonard Mortimer (4)
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| Author |
Mortimer, Leonard
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| Notes |
Letter from Leonard Mortimer (Service Number 2525) of A Company, No 1 Platoon, 148th Brigade, 49th Division of the British Expeditionary Force in France, to his parent in Hull. The letter thanks them for a parcel, gives a report of recent casualties in his platoon, and sends messages to other people back at home. The letter begins on a folded sheet of paper, and continues on a postcard. The picture side of the postcard features an image of two soldiers, one British and one Indian, with a hand-coloured flag, and "What do we Care" printed along the bottom.
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| Item date |
6th June 1915
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| Creation place |
France
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| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Page number |
4
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| Total number of pages |
4
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| Cataloguer |
Meriel Patrick
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| Filename |
GWA_6691_hull0227_Back.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 |
Debbie Rogers
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Collection
Citation
“Letter from Leonard Mortimer,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 7, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/6201.
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Document description
| Title |
Letter from Leonard Mortimer
|
|---|---|
| Author |
Mortimer, Leonard
|
| Notes |
Letter from Leonard Mortimer (Service Number 2525) of A Company, No 1 Platoon, 148th Brigade, 49th Division of the British Expeditionary Force in France, to his parent in Hull. The letter thanks them for a parcel, gives a report of recent casualties in his platoon, and sends messages to other people back at home. The letter begins on a folded sheet of paper, and continues on a postcard. The picture side of the postcard features an image of two soldiers, one British and one Indian, with a hand-coloured flag, and "What do we Care" printed along the bottom.
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| Item date |
6th June 1915
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| Creation place |
France
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| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Total number of pages |
4
|
| Cataloguer |
Meriel Patrick
|
| 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 |
Debbie Rogers
|
Citation
“Letter from Leonard Mortimer,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 7, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/6201.
