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Letter from Joseph Theodore Gedge

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AuthorGedge, Joseph Theodore
TitleLetter from Joseph Theodore Gedge
NotesOn 29 July 1914 Staff Paymaster Joseph Theodore Gedge was preparing to go to sea. This is the covering note he sent to his uncle with a farewell letter to be passed to his parents in the event of his death. Joseph was killed when HMS Amphion struck a mine on 6 August 1914. Joseph was the first British officer to die in the war.
Item Date29th July 1914
Creation placeHarwich
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 NameJohn Gedge
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/8956