Place | Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, El Alamein |
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Accession Number | PR01140 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | 1 wallet: 1cm |
Object type | Letter, Newspaper cutting |
Maker |
Gratwick, Percival Eric |
Date made | 1941 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Gratwick, Percival Eric, VC (Private, d.1942)
Description
Original letter written by WX10426 Private Percival "Percy" Eric Gratwick VC, of 2/48 Battalion, to his friend Mr Robert Cave, while serving in North Africa with 2/48 Battalion at El Alamein; news clipping relating to Gratwick, published after he won the Victoria Cross (posthumous) for service in Libya.