Joseph Vaghi letters home (1)

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Title	Joseph Vaghi letters home (1)
Author	Vaghi, Joseph
Notes	Joseph Vaghi was my great uncle, he lied about his age to join up so although he is listed as 18 on his death he was probably only 17. He came to Scotland in 1904 from Milan and his family were 'naturalised' in 1911. Consequently they were not interned in the 2nd World War. These letters were sent to his mother Henrichetta A school group from Linlithgow academy travelled to Gallipoli and brought back a photo of Joseph's grave. I also remember my Granny talking about the Gretna rail disaster, she knew many of the boys from Leith who died.
Item date	1916
Creation place	Blagoon Hall
Item source	Leaf
Item medium	Paper
Content	Letter
Page number	1
Total number of pages	4
Cataloguer	Everett Sharp
Filename	GWA_7162_IMG_1420.jpg
Copyright	The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repository	The Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor name	Everett Sharp (Edinburgh Submission Day June 4th 2008)
Contributed on the behalf of	Rosanne Allison

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Title	Joseph Vaghi letters home
Author	Vaghi, Joseph
Notes	Joseph Vaghi was my great uncle, he lied about his age to join up so although he is listed as 18 on his death he was probably only 17. He came to Scotland in 1904 from Milan and his family were 'naturalised' in 1911. Consequently they were not interned in the 2nd World War. These letters were sent to his mother Henrichetta A school group from Linlithgow academy travelled to Gallipoli and brought back a photo of Joseph's grave. I also remember my Granny talking about the Gretna rail disaster, she knew many of the boys from Leith who died.
Item date	1916
Creation place	Blagoon Hall
Item source	Leaf
Item medium	Paper
Content	Letter
Total number of pages	4
Cataloguer	Everett Sharp
Copyright	The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repository	The Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor name	Everett Sharp (Edinburgh Submission Day June 4th 2008)
Contributed on the behalf of	Rosanne Allison

“Joseph Vaghi letters home,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 20, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/6077.