Letter from Pte. Leonard Green
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Letter from Pte. Leonard Green
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Author |
Green, Leonard E.
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Notes |
This letter from the soldier to his parents describes how he is "on the ship bound for blighty" in the care of the organisation responsible for repatriation on P o W's. By a happy chance it is due to dock in Hull, Yorkshire, which is Pte Green's home town and from which he left for France nearly a year (and almost a lifetime) earlier.
Editor's Comment: Letter written on headed notepaper: 'The Young Men's Christian Association With The British Prisoners of War Interned in Holland' 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 |
1st December 1918
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Creation place |
YMCA Holland
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Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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Filename |
GWA_3582_IMG_0587.jpg
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Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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Contributor name |
Dr Roger Green
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Collection
Citation
“Letter from Pte. Leonard Green,” by Green, Leonard E.. The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 21, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/4969.
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