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Letter from Mrs Bertha Baynes to Walter 'Dem Baynes

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AuthorBaynes, Bertha
TitleLetter from Mrs Bertha Baynes to Walter 'Dem Baynes
NotesLetter 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 Date19th December 1918
Creation placeWakefield
File typeImage
Item sourceLeaf
Item mediumPaper
ContentLetter
CataloguerEverett Sharp
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameStuart Lee
Contributed on the behalf ofDoreen Williams
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/8846