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Jack Morten's Entrenching tool

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SubjectMorton, Jack
TitleJack Morten's Entrenching tool
NotesThe entrenching tool as it is today, still in use in the garden. It was used when the 7th Manchesters went to Gallipoli when the men were desperate to dig in before daylight. I had no idea it was such an icon until I read letters from my father-in-law to his parents when the tool is mentioned.

Editor's Comment:
The 'Sirhind' or Pattern 1908 Entrenching Tool, with helve.

Pte. 2393 John Clarke Morten, 1/7th Bn. Manchester Regiment, was commissioned Second Lieutenant and later attached to the Royal Air Force.
Item Date1915
Creation placeGallipoli
File typeImage
Item sourceArtifact
Item mediumMixed
ContentOther
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_3831_Entrenching_tool.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameSheila Morten
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/4705