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Garth Diaries and lock of hair

These are the notebooks Gordon Garth (Sergeant in the RAMC) carried with him, and perhaps were kept safe in the leather wallet that survives. They have an account of going into Germany, aerial warfare, bombardments, etc. and full of detail. The notebooks include a lock of hair, from Garth's daughter. Gordon Garth was born 1885, and married Jane Oddie in 1908. Their daughter was Beatrice Garth was born in 1908.
2 diaries, pencil, autograph, lock of hair.

Gordon Garth
Artillery
Transport
Diary
Trench Life

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CONTRIBUTOR

Pauline Hunter

DATE

1915 - 1918

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eng

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Europeana 1914-1918

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1918
1915

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eng
English

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Europe

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Europeana 1914-1918

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Europeana 1914-1918

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1918
1915

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1915

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1918

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Gordon Garth | europeana19141918:agent/034d503dcac12fe188e83f159df1e14e
Beatrice Garth | europeana19141918:agent/9bf5bc890e1fd04d068c2bec6b50cbc9
Pauline Hunter | europeana19141918:agent/a7b989502dc0557154c26aa83b7d6e74

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