Postcard of Bill
- Back to results
- Previous
- Next
- 75.0%
Page description
| Author | Taylor, William |
|---|---|
| Title | Postcard of Bill (2) |
| Notes | The attached postcard was found by me whilst searching through my late father's papers. I believe it would have been given to my grandfather James F Gray (known as Jim) by his pal Bill. My grandfather served with the 16th Royal Scots and was wounded on the first day of the battle of the Somme a few months after his 18th birthday. I believe Bill to be W (William) Taylor, a friend of my grandfather's, both of whom came from the village of Dirleton in East Lothian, although I have been unable to verify that as fact. Although my grandfather survived the war (he died in 1975) W Taylor was killed in 1917 age 19. |
| Item Date | 1916 |
| Creation place | France |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Postcard |
| Item medium | Card |
| Content | Postcard |
| Page | 2 of 2 |
| Cataloguer | Stuart Lee |
| Filename | GWA_0329_WWI_postcard_16RS_Reverse.jpg |
| Copyright | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor |
| Digital repository | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford |
| Contributor Name | James Gray |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/8709/2357 |
Document description
To view other similar items in the archive click on the hyper-linked words below.
| Author | Taylor, William |
|---|---|
| Title | Postcard of Bill |
| Notes | The attached postcard was found by me whilst searching through my late father's papers. I believe it would have been given to my grandfather James F Gray (known as Jim) by his pal Bill. My grandfather served with the 16th Royal Scots and was wounded on the first day of the battle of the Somme a few months after his 18th birthday. I believe Bill to be W (William) Taylor, a friend of my grandfather's, both of whom came from the village of Dirleton in East Lothian, although I have been unable to verify that as fact. Although my grandfather survived the war (he died in 1975) W Taylor was killed in 1917 age 19. |
| Item Date | 1916 |
| Creation place | France |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Postcard |
| Item medium | Card |
| Content | Postcard |
| Cataloguer | Stuart Lee |
| Copyright | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor |
| Digital repository | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford |
| Contributor Name | James Gray |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/8709 |
