Letter from Lord Lucan to Leonard Green's Parents
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Letter from Lord Lucan to Leonard Green's Parents
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Subject |
Green, Leonard E.
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Notes |
This letter, signed by the Earl of Lucan on behalf of the British Red Cross and Order of St John (Dept. for wounded and missing) contains an eye-witness account of Pte. Green's death by machine-gun fire at "Tretry" (probably "Tertry" which is on the Somme-Peronne front), and was received by his parents very shortly after the letter acknowledging that he was a P o W.
Editor's Comment: Pte. 316448 Leonard E. Green, 1/5th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers, was reported Missing in Action on 23rd March 1918 and officially declared dead, twice, before his status as a Prisoner of War was confirmed. |
Item date |
27th July 1918
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Creation place |
Somme/Peronne front
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Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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Filename |
GWA_3500_IMG_0581.jpg
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Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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Digital repository | |
Contributor name |
Dr Roger Green
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Collection
Citation
“Letter from Lord Lucan to Leonard Green's Parents,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 24, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/4928.
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