First World War Poetry Digital Archive

Knife and fork made from spent cartridges

Title
Knife and fork made from spent cartridges
Subject
Kelly, Alexander
Notes
Made for my great grandfather (Pvt Alexander Kelly) who served with the Royal Irish Rifles, 36th Ulster Division, Western Front. Wounded on the Somme, 1st July 1916 but survived the war.
Item date
1918
Creation place
Western Front, France
Item source
Artifact
Item medium
Mixed
Content
Memorabilia
Total number of pages
2
Cataloguer
Kate Lindsay
Copyright
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repository
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor name
Sam Thompson

Citation

“Knife and fork made from spent cartridges,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 19, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/8694.

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