Letter from the Lord Mayor of Hull to James Parnell
| Title |
Letter from the Lord Mayor of Hull to James Parnell
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|---|---|
| Author |
Gaskell, Peter
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| Subject |
Parnell, James
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| Notes |
Letter requests the presence of James Parnell so that he can be awarded his medal in a civil ceremony.
Part of a collection relating to James (Jimmy) Arthur Parnell. He had a tough life as a child. One of two children whose parents had both died by the time he was 14 years old. He looked after his sister, and to earn more for them he joined-up at the age of 16 (two years under age) - private, 39503, East Yorkshire regiment and then transferred in to the West Yorkshire regiment. He won the Military Medal in March 1918 during the Allied retreat - wounded - he lost two fingers from his right hand. |
| Item date |
29th April 1919
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| Creation place |
Hull
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| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Cataloguer |
Admin
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| Filename |
GWA_5093_hull0004.jpg
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Alun Edwards (Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull submissions day 31st May 2008)
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| Contributed on the behalf of |
Joyce Hunt
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Collection
Citation
“Letter from the Lord Mayor of Hull to James Parnell,” by Gaskell, Peter. The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 15, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/5574.
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