Details of John Kimmet (1)

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Title	Details of John Kimmet (1)
Author	Kimmet, John
Subject	Kimmet, John
Notes	Photo: John Kimmet and family Xmas gift box 1914 Royal Scots cap badge My grandfather John Kimmet was a private in the 1/4 Royal scots (Reg. number 245031) He fought at Gallipoli and seconb battle of the Somme. The photo was taken while he was on leave - probably after returning from Gallipoli. The only story I know of him at Gallipoli was that his lack of height saved his life. He was standing on a beach talking to ataller comrade when a bullet passed over his head and hit the man in the forehead killing him instantly. The Xmas 1914 cigarette/chocolate box and his cap badge which he is wearing in the photo were brought back by him to his family in 1918. Although he survived the war my grandmother said his health was never the same after the war due to his experiences and having to live at times up to his waist in mud. He went to work in the Leith shipyards contributing to the second war effort and died in 1946.
Item date	Unknown
Creation place	Leith
Item source	Other
Item medium	Mixed
Content	Memorabilia
Page number	1
Total number of pages	3
Cataloguer	Everett Sharp
Filename	GWA_7220_DSC06817.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	John Shearer

“Details of John Kimmet,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 3, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/6235.

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Title	Details of John Kimmet
Author	Kimmet, John
Subject	Kimmet, John
Notes	Photo: John Kimmet and family Xmas gift box 1914 Royal Scots cap badge My grandfather John Kimmet was a private in the 1/4 Royal scots (Reg. number 245031) He fought at Gallipoli and seconb battle of the Somme. The photo was taken while he was on leave - probably after returning from Gallipoli. The only story I know of him at Gallipoli was that his lack of height saved his life. He was standing on a beach talking to ataller comrade when a bullet passed over his head and hit the man in the forehead killing him instantly. The Xmas 1914 cigarette/chocolate box and his cap badge which he is wearing in the photo were brought back by him to his family in 1918. Although he survived the war my grandmother said his health was never the same after the war due to his experiences and having to live at times up to his waist in mud. He went to work in the Leith shipyards contributing to the second war effort and died in 1946.
Item date	Unknown
Creation place	Leith
Item source	Other
Item medium	Mixed
Content	Memorabilia
Total number of pages	3
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	John Shearer

“Details of John Kimmet,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 3, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/6235.