| Accession Number | AWM2018.785.19 |
|---|---|
| Collection number | PR00932 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Physical description | 23 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Various |
| Place made | France, United Kingdom: England |
| Date made | 1916-1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
| Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
Letters regarding the death of Cecil Beaumont Mills, 1916-1917
Description
File of letters regarding the death of Lieutenant Cecil Beaumont Mills, 23rd Infantry Battalion. These letters were written to the wife and family of Mills and mentions the details surrounding his death on the 4 August 1916 during the battle of Poziers. Many of the letters are from Mills's brother-in-law, Lieutenant Henry Harman Arthur Burne, 3 Divisional Artillery, British Expeditionary Force.
This File contains:
Letter from S. R. Atkins to [Henry Harman Arthur] Burne, HQ Reserve Army, British Expeditionary Force, 12 August 1916 [includes envelope]
Letter from Seargeant F. R. [Beseler] to Sergeant [Samuel] Bond [Uncle to Mills Wife], 12 August 1916
Letter from Harry [Henry Harman Arthur] Burne to My Dear Fairy [Effie Sara Mills], 27 August 1916 [includes envelope]
Letter from Harry [Henry Harman Arthur] Burne to his mother, 28 August 1916
Letter from Acting Company Commander 'D' Company [Alfred James Noall] to Mrs Mills, France, 27 November 1916 [includes envelope]
Letter from Harry Pettit to Mrs Mills, Codford, England, 20 July 1917
Envelope addressed to Mrs Mills, postmark 19 September 1917