German postcard and photograph souvenired by George Powell
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German postcard and photograph souvenired by George Powell
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Author |
Powell, George
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Notes |
George Powell was a very small man and was enlisted into The Welsh Bantams. Being of a very young age when the war began he joined by stating he was older than his correct age. By the end of the Great War George had spent a year in hospital suffering horrific injuries. Editor's Comment: Presumably picked up from the battlefield as souvenirs. The postcard depicts German soldiers in a buring village and bears a Feldpost stamp to the reverse; the photograph is of a German signalling unit, with signalling lamp (Blinkgerät) on tripod. Private George Powell would have enlisted as a Bantam in the 17th (Service) Bn. (1st Glamorgans), The Welsh Regiment.
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Item date |
14th April 1917
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Creation place |
Unknown
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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 |
Gwyneth E Gwynne
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Contributed on the behalf of |
George Powell
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Collection
Citation
“German postcard and photograph souvenired by George Powell,” by Powell, George. The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 13, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9380.
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