Accession Number | C01402 |
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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
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Sergeant Marshall of the 21st Battalion stands amid a group of wooden crosses that he has made ...
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.