Christmas Card from Osborne Pigrome
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| Author | Pigrome, Osborne |
|---|---|
| Title | Christmas Card from Osborne Pigrome |
| Notes | Christmas Card from the Artists Rifles, with cap badge to front. Inside, a copy of a pen and ink sketch of a church and village scene by Osborne Pigrome. Before and after the war, he was a regular weekend watercolour painter. According to family stories, Osborne never spoke about the Great War. He never married and lived quietly with two elder sisters and a niece. Born 4th February 1880, died 26th April 1963. Pte. 2314 (later 301475) Osborne Pigrome, 2/5th (City of London) Bn. Territorial Force (London Rifle Brigade), later 28th (County of London) Bn. Territorial Force (Artists Rifles). |
| Item Date | December 1918 |
| Creation place | France |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Postcard |
| Item medium | Card |
| Content | Postcard |
| Cataloguer | Richard Marshall |
| Copyright | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor |
| Digital repository | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford |
| Contributor Name | Richard Marshall (Norwich and Norfolk Millennium Library Submission Day 8th April 2008) |
| Contributed on the behalf of | Geoffrey Seale |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9010 |
