Letter from Lieutenant in Royal Engineers regarding George's death
Second page of a letter from a Lieutenant in Royal Engineers regarding George's death, expressing sympathy.
CONTRIBUTOR
Kay Hodgson
DATE
1917
LANGUAGE
eng
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1
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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