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SubjectRoberts, Sid
TitleTrench Art
NotesLetter opener, (knife made from bullets and scrap metal). Made by my uncle, Sid Roberts, who was in the East Surrey's. Gassed twice and returned to another regiment, probably the Engineers. Think he was a sergeant at the end of the war. Being gassed saved his life as rest of his comrades were all killed! Possibly an Old Contemptible, as a lot of them were at his funeral.
Item Date1917
Creation placeFrance
File typeImage
Item sourceArtifact
Item mediumMetal
ContentMemorabilia
CataloguerEverett Sharp
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameAlun Edwards (Oxford Central Library Submission Day 10th March 08)
Contributed on the behalf ofSusan Eysackers
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/8762