| Place | Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Lille, Fromelles |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 2DRL/0286 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Ashdown, Cecil Parker Ashdown, Clive Ashdown, Maud Unknown |
| Place made | France |
| Date made | 1916 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/2757 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Ashdown, Cecil Parker (Sapper, b.1897 - d.1916)
Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of Sapper Cecil Parker Ashdown, 14th Field Company Engineers, in France. Collection consists of a letter dated 17 July 1916 by Cecil Ashdown to his mother regarding fighting and his opinion of the French countryside; four others letters all regarding Cecil's death in action at Fromelles and subsequent burial - one from a soldier in the same company as Ashdown, one from his sister Maud (a nursing sister in the Australian Army Nursing Service), and two from his brother Clive (who was in the same company as his brother).