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Knife and fork made from spent cartridges

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SubjectKelly, Alexander
TitleKnife and fork made from spent cartridges
NotesMade for my great grandfather (Pvt Alexander Kelly) who served with the Royal Irish Rifles, 36th Ulster Division, Western Front. Wounded on the Somme, 1st July 1916 but survived the war.
Item Date1918
Creation placeWestern Front, France
File typeImage
Item sourceArtifact
Item mediumMixed
ContentMemorabilia
CataloguerKate Lindsay
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameSam Thompson
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/8694