Photographs of Robert Glyndon Coode, including one of the Liberation Parade of Lille
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| Subject | Coode, Robert Glyndon |
|---|---|
| Title | Photographs of Robert Glyndon Coode, including one of the Liberation Parade of Lille (5) |
| Notes | My maternal grandfather who served in France from 1914-1918. It shows his wedding on leave in 1915 to Gwladys Phoebe Kirkham in Swansea. Postcards he sent from France and a photograph of his daughter Gwladys Betty (born in June 1918), sent by her godmother Liz Kirkham to her brother-in-law at the Front. Includes a picture from Glyn of his regiment marching through Lille in 1918 after the liberation of the city. Editor's Comment: Two portraits of Robert Coode wearing the cap badge of the 8th (Post Office Rifles) Bn. London Regiment; on the wedding photograph, note also the crossed-rifles over serjeant's stripes, indicating that he served for a time as a musketry instructor. A group photograph of men in gymn kit with numbers pinned to shirts. A group photograph of men of the Post Office Rifles wearing Pattern 1914 infantry equipment and armed with SMLE rifles. A photograph of the liberation of Lille: regimental band playing in helmets, watched by a Military Policeman, with a battalion marching behind. Private 371990 Robert Glyndon Coode, 8th (Post Office Rifles) Bn. London Regiment, later served in the 24th (The Queen's) Bn. London Regiment (service no. 738054). |
| Item Date | 1915 - 1918 |
| Creation place | Swansea and France |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Multiple |
| Item medium | Photographic paper |
| Content | Photograph |
| Page | 5 of 9 |
| Cataloguer | Richard Marshall |
| Filename | GWA_3322_Glyn_France_20021.jpg |
| Copyright | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor |
| Digital repository | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford |
| Contributor Name | Pat Lewis |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9144/4771 |
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| Subject | Coode, Robert Glyndon |
|---|---|
| Title | Photographs of Robert Glyndon Coode, including one of the Liberation Parade of Lille |
| Notes | My maternal grandfather who served in France from 1914-1918. It shows his wedding on leave in 1915 to Gwladys Phoebe Kirkham in Swansea. Postcards he sent from France and a photograph of his daughter Gwladys Betty (born in June 1918), sent by her godmother Liz Kirkham to her brother-in-law at the Front. Includes a picture from Glyn of his regiment marching through Lille in 1918 after the liberation of the city. Editor's Comment: Two portraits of Robert Coode wearing the cap badge of the 8th (Post Office Rifles) Bn. London Regiment; on the wedding photograph, note also the crossed-rifles over serjeant's stripes, indicating that he served for a time as a musketry instructor. A group photograph of men in gymn kit with numbers pinned to shirts. A group photograph of men of the Post Office Rifles wearing Pattern 1914 infantry equipment and armed with SMLE rifles. A photograph of the liberation of Lille: regimental band playing in helmets, watched by a Military Policeman, with a battalion marching behind. Private 371990 Robert Glyndon Coode, 8th (Post Office Rifles) Bn. London Regiment, later served in the 24th (The Queen's) Bn. London Regiment (service no. 738054). |
| Item Date | 1915 - 1918 |
| Creation place | Swansea and France |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Multiple |
| Item medium | Photographic paper |
| Content | Photograph |
| Cataloguer | Richard Marshall |
| Copyright | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor |
| Digital repository | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford |
| Contributor Name | Pat Lewis |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9144 |
