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Boche Machine Gun

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AuthorJones, David (1895-1974)
TitleBoche Machine Gun
NotesSketch drawing in pencil by David Jones inscribed 'Boche Machine Gun / Elverdinghe sector / captured by the 15th RWF [Royal Welch Fusiliers] / 5.9.17 [5 September 1917] / during an attack on Pilkem Ridge at Langemarck which began in July 1917'. Initialled DJ.
Item DateSeptember 1917
Creation placeLangemarck (Google Maps)
File typeImage
Item sourceFolio
Item mediumPaper
Writing mediumPencil
ContentDrawing
Item height203
Item width140
Collection IDDavid Jones Papers RWF 3998b.1
Repository nameThe Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum
Repository address
The Castle
Caernarfon
Gwynedd
LL55 2AY
UK
Repository URLhttp://www.rwfmuseum.org.uk/
CataloguerAlisa Miller and Alun Edwards
FilenameDJRWF05.JPG
CopyrightThe Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum / The David Jones Literary Estate
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/6162