Sergeant Marshall of the 21st Battalion stands amid a group of wooden crosses that he has made ...

Accession Number C01402
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Flers
Date made c November 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Sergeant Marshall of the 21st Battalion stands amid a group of wooden crosses that he has made for the graves of comrades who were killed in action on 6 November 1916. The cross on the left is to mark the graves of 1983 Corporal Frederick Ernest Oates, 371 Private Alfred Henry Edwards, 4723 Private Harold Harding and 4677 Private Alfred Charles Burton. The next cross is inscribed with the name of Driver H Trotter.