Photograph of John Manchester
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Photograph of John Manchester
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Subject |
Manchester, John Henry
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Notes |
Photograph of John Manchester during his RAF service. During the First World War, Manchester (Service Number 240698) served with the 1/5th Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment as a corporal and later a sergeant, and was awarded the DCM. He was severely gassed in the trenches, but went on to serve in the RAF during the Second World War. Part of a collection relating to John Manchester, deposited by his daughter-in-law, who describes him as "a very modest man".
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Item date |
1914 - 1918
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Creation place |
Unknown
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Cataloguer |
Meriel Patrick
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Filename |
GWA_5936_hull0184.jpg
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Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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Digital repository | |
Contributor name |
Meriel Patrick (Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull submissions day 31st May 2008)
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Contributed on the behalf of |
Mrs B. J. Manchester
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Collection
Citation
“Photograph of John Manchester,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 3, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/6872.
Permitted Use
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