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Enquiry list no. 14, 1917 : wounded and missing : containing all enquiries up to and including July 20th, 1917

British Red Cross Society; Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem; Great Britain. Army; Great Britain. Army; Canada. Canadian Armed Forces

[1989]

"August 1st, 1917." Includes enquiry lists dated August 1st 1917 of the Australian Branch for Mediterranean, France and Belgium, and the Canadian Branch for France and Belgium. Index to Flanders, Me...

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BROOKLING, HENRY WILLIAM

1914-1919

Letter from King George V on HW Brookling's release from German captivity (1918); Manuscript record of service, 4 Aug 1914-2 Dec 1918 (11 Mar 1919); Extract relating to HW Brookling fom book 'The 18th...

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CLAY, ALBERT HENRY

1914-1920, 1939-1945

Box of medals and miniature medals, including the Order of the Nile (1914-1919, 1939-1945); 2 maps, including a general map of Gallipoli and a map of the Kurija Dere region (nd, 1915); Framed Mentione...

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BAROLI, MICHEL

1915-1918

Portrait photograph, with copy (Mar 1916); Photocopied papers relating to the award of the Médaille Militaire (July-Aug 1915); Miscellaneous photocopied army papers (1915-1936).

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EVANS, MAURICE CANN

1915-1918

Manuscript diary notebook (17 Feb-24 Dec 1918); Photocopied typescript recollections, in diary form, with photocopied photographs (nd); c 100 manuscript letters to his mother from Gallipoli and Egypt/...

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FRAZIER, ROWLAND W

Frazier, Lieutenant Rowland Wynne (1889-1965)

1916-1921

Cardboard cut-out figure, probably Napoleon (nd); Letter from EL Hadfield (nd); 15 postcards (9 Feb 1917-29 Aug 1918); Red Cross postcard (29 Dec 1917); RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) Pilot's Flying L...

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GOLDTHORPE, F L

1914-1919

3 photocopied chapters of manuscript recollections, 1914-1919 (nd).

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HODSON, FRANCIS LORD CHARLTON

1914-1920

Army service book (1914-1918); 2 books of transcribed letters to his mother, Aug 1916-June 1917, with photocopies (nd); Wedding photograph (nd); Manuscript letter of reference from Lieutenant Colonel ...

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PARISH, H J

1913-1920

Book of verse 'The Song of Tiadatha' by Owen Rutter (1919); Publication 'The British Red Cross in the Balkans' (1913); Publication 'Salonique' [1918]; German published album of the Great War [1918]; B...

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PENWARDEN, H G

1914-1920

2 diaries (1916, 1918); 2 notebooks (1918, nd); Press cuttings (20 Oct 1916-27 Nov 1918); Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Old Comrades Association reunion dinner invitation (19 Apr 1956); 2 Royal 1st Devon Y...

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