Letter to Mrs Dick from the Chaplain at the Casualty Clearing Station. © National Museums Scotland
Letter to Mrs Dick from the Chaplain at the Casualty Clearing Station where Dick died. The Chaplain conducted his funeral.
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CONTRIBUTOR
Jo Sohn-Rethel
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LANGUAGE
eng
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INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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