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A story from Barnsley

George Bower joined up in 1914 and survived until September 1918, just 11 weeks before the end of the war. He wrote regularly to his wife Minnie. Objects contributed consist of correspondence, photographs of George Bower, the Death Penny and three medals (1914/15 Star, Victory Medal, 1914-1918 Medal).
Death Penny Correspondence Medals Photographs

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CONTRIBUTOR

Michael Bower

DATE

- 1918-09

LANGUAGE

eng

ITEMS

24

INSTITUTION

Europeana 1914-1918

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Source

UGC

Contributor

europeana19141918:agent/8b6fb0fd4d4255a0e300764036d5641b

Type

Story

Language

eng
English

Country

Europe

DataProvider

Europeana 1914-1918

Provider

Europeana 1914-1918

Year

1914

DatasetName

2020601_Ag_ErsterWeltkrieg_EU

Begin

1914
Thu Jan 01 00:19:32 CET 1914
Tue Jan 01 00:19:32 CET 1901

End

1918-09
Thu Dec 31 00:19:32 CET 1914
Sun Dec 31 01:00:00 CET 2000
Sun Dec 31 00:19:32 CET 1933

Language

mul

Agent

George Bower | europeana19141918:agent/0f25d2dc962e690283c76f3c6d151887
Michael Bower | europeana19141918:agent/8b6fb0fd4d4255a0e300764036d5641b

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Provenance

BA23

Record ID

/2020601/https___1914_1918_europeana_eu_contributions_5122

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