Badges of William Ernest Foster
Title |
Badges of William Ernest Foster
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Subject |
Foster, William Ernest
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Notes |
Left to Right: Tank Corps capbadge; Machine Gun Corps capbadge (the first Tank units were designated 'Heavy Section, Machine Gun Corps', and wore the capbadge of this Corps before the foundation of the Tank Corps in July 1917); 'TANKS' brass shoulder title.
Pte. 200816 William Ernest Foster, D Coy. Heavy Section, Machine Gun Corps (later D Bn. Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps and 4th Bn. Tank Corps), served originally in the Machine Gun Corps (Motors). |
Item date |
1916 - 1918
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Creation place |
Unknown
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Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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Filename |
GWA_2079_DSC06082.jpg
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Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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Digital repository | |
Contributor name |
Richard Marshall (Norwich and Norfolk Millennium Library Submission Day 8th April 2008)
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Contributed on the behalf of |
Helen Callister
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Collection
Citation
“Badges of William Ernest Foster,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/3753.
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