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Photograph of Peter Gordon Girdwood.

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SubjectGirdwood, Peter Gordon
TitlePhotograph of Peter Gordon Girdwood.
NotesPeter was injured in the leg during the Dardenelles campaign and consequently as a result of this injury left the army. However after receiving a white feather in Leith Walk (alleging cowardice)he went to Dalmony Street (recruiting centre) and volunteered again. Unfortunately he was injured again and lost an eye.
Item DateMay 1915
Creation placeLeith
File typeImage
Item sourcePhotograph
Item mediumPhotographic paper
ContentPhotograph
CataloguerEverett Sharp
FilenameGWA_5568_DSC06675.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameEverett Sharp (Edinburgh Library Submission Day 4th June 2008)
Contributed on the behalf ofMargaret Abel
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/6512