Photograph of Percy Bufton with German spiked helmet
| Title |
Photograph of Percy Bufton with German spiked helmet
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| Subject |
Bufton,, Percy
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| Notes |
Photo of Percy Bufton, home on leave, wearing a spiked German helmet. There is another photo in the collection of Clifford Powell wearing the same helmet.
Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant 2960 Reginald Percy Bufton, Montgomeryshire Yeomanry, was later comissioned and served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force. Part of a collection relating to Walter H. Powell, Llandrindod Wells, (private / driver M2-267205 Mechanised Transport Army Service Corps). Born 1898, Walter tried to join up under-age on a number of occasions, finally succeeding in 1916. He served many months - (more than 2 years?) - in different army units in Britain, before going over to France. He served as a despatch rider for an anti-aircraft battery in 1918-1919. Walter was gassed "suffering the effects all his life". He was a founder member of Toc-H in Llandrindod, and a keen footballer - he died in 1994 aged 96. However Walter's older brothers (Cliff and Percy Powell) and his uncle (Humphrey Powell) died of wounds sustained during the war. |
| Item date |
1915
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| Creation place |
Llandrindod Wells
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| Content | |
| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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| Filename |
GWA_4684_PB_on_leave1915.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 (Powys Archives submissions day)
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| Contributed on the behalf of |
Bryan and Liz Edwards
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Collection
Citation
“Photograph of Percy Bufton with German spiked helmet,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 16, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/5294.
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