Letter from Mrs Bertha Baynes to Walter 'Dem Baynes

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Author	Baynes, Bertha
Title	Letter from Mrs Bertha Baynes to Walter 'Dem Baynes (7)
Notes	Letter from mother to son awaiting his demobilisation. Discusses 'demob suit' and arrangements when he arrives in London. Walter Baynes (junior) served on the Somme. Brother (Arthur Baynes) served in the Navy. Father and mother - Walter and Bertha Baynes - ran china shop in Wakefield.
Item Date	31st December 1918
Creation place	Wakefield
File type	Image
Item source	Leaf
Item medium	Paper
Content	Letter
Page	7 of 7
Cataloguer	Everett Sharp
Filename	GWA_1105_img023.jpg
Copyright	The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repository	The Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor Name	Stuart Lee
Contributed on the behalf of	Doreen Williams
Reference URL	http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/8846/2989

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Author	Baynes, Bertha
Title	Letter from Mrs Bertha Baynes to Walter 'Dem Baynes
Notes	Letter to son from mother awaiting his demobilisation. Mentions forms to get soldiers over 21 extr 5/- a week. States 'they will keep sending on form untill peace is declare - that is next June they say now [sic]'. Written after Armistice but before declaration of peace. Walter Baynes (junior) served on the Somme. Brother (Arthur Baynes) served in the Navy. Father and mother - Walter and Bertha Baynes - ran china shop in Wakefield.
Item Date	19th December 1918
Creation place	Wakefield
File type	Image
Item source	Leaf
Item medium	Paper
Content	Letter
Cataloguer	Everett Sharp
Copyright	The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repository	The Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor Name	Stuart Lee
Contributed on the behalf of	Doreen Williams
Reference URL	http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/8846