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Letter from Pte. Leonard Green

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AuthorGreen, Leonard E.
Subject.
TitleLetter from Pte. Leonard Green
NotesThis letter from the soldier to his parents describes how he is on the ship bound for blighty in the care of the organisation responsible for repatriation on P o W's. By a happy chance it is due to dock in Hull, Yorkshire, which is Pte Green's home town and from which he left for France nearly a year (and almost a lifetime) earlier.

Editor's Comment:
Letter written on headed notepaper: 'The Young Men's Christian Association With The British Prisoners of War Interned in Holland'

Pte. 316448 Leonard E. Green, 1/5th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers, was reported Missing in Action on 23rd March 1918 and officially declared dead, twice, before his status as a Prisoner of War was confirmed.
Item Date1st December 1918
Creation placeYMCA Holland
File typeImage
Item sourceLeaf
Item mediumPaper
ContentLetter
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_3582_IMG_0587.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameDr Roger Green
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/4969