| Accession Number | P09534.025 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Harvey, William Wyatt |
| Place made | France: Picardie, Somme, Corbie Albert Area, Heilly |
| Date made | January 1919 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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'Grave of my L/Cpl, who was killed by a shell at Heilly & buried there. I was at his funeral." ...
Description
'Grave of my L/Cpl, who was killed by a shell at Heilly & buried there. I was at his funeral." Original cross on the grave of 1605 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Oscar William Watt, 3rd Pioneer Battalion at No 2 Heilly Cemetery. He was later re-buried at Ribemont Communal Cemetery, Somme. After the war his grave was one of a number which could not be located and he is commemorated on a special memorial in the Ribemont Communial Cemetery Extension. (One of a collection of photographs belonging to Lieutenant (Lt) Robert Trevor Williams and taken by Lt William Wyatt Harvey during a battlefield tour of France and Belgium, January 1919, by officers of the 3rd Pioneer Battalion. The original caption quoted in single inverted commas is by Lt Williams.)