Letter from Joseph Theodore Gedge
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Letter from Joseph Theodore Gedge
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Author |
Gedge, Joseph Theodore
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Notes |
On 29 July 1914 Staff Paymaster Joseph Theodore Gedge was preparing to go to sea. This is the covering note he sent to his uncle with a "farewell letter" to be passed to his parents in the event of his death. Joseph was killed when HMS Amphion struck a mine on 6 August 1914. Joseph was the first British officer to die in the war.
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Item date |
29th July 1914
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Creation place |
Harwich
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Content | |
Total number of pages |
2
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Cataloguer |
Everett Sharp
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Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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Digital repository | |
Contributor name |
John Gedge
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Collection
Citation
“Letter from Joseph Theodore Gedge,” by Gedge, Joseph Theodore. The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed March 29, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/8956.
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