Letter from Family of Pte Sid Wray, killed in action
| Title |
Letter from Family of Pte Sid Wray, killed in action
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| Subject |
Wray, Sid
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| Notes |
Letter sent by the family of Pte Wray (his sister I think) to Sid Morgan (my father) in France telling him of Sid Wray's death in action.
Editor's Comment: Pte. 23959 Sidney George Wray, C Squadron, 1st Troop, 16th Lancers, later transferred to the 1st Bn. East Surrey Regiment, taking a new regimental number (32541). Killed in action, 8th May 1917, aged 19. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on Bay 6 of the Arras Memorial. Driver 146147 S. Morgan, Royal Field Artillery, 23rd Division, served in No. 3 section, Divisional Ammunition Column, and later in V/23 Trench Mortar Battery. |
| Item date |
7th June 1917
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| Creation place |
Arras
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| Content | |
| Total number of pages |
3
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| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Dr Edmund Morgan-Warren
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Collection
Citation
“Letter from Family of Pte Sid Wray, killed in action,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 8, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/8883.
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