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Private Papers of H Blackman : Photograph; Ephemera; Correspondence; Manuscript 1917-1918.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Summary:
- Description: Three letters written home to his infant daughter while serving with the 491st Field Company RE on the Western Front, July 1917 - January 1918, containing no military information but forming a touching example of a soldier's letters to a child. Blackman was killed in action on 31 August 1918 at Bapaume, and the collection includes four photographs, including one of him with his family, and an 'in memoriam' card printed following his death.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource (viewed on November 21, 2018).
- AMDigital Reference: Documents.12863.
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