First postcard from training camp, sent by Jack Morten
- Back to results
- Previous
- Next
Document description
To view other similar items in the archive click on the hyper-linked words below.
| Author | Morten, John Clarke |
|---|---|
| Title | First postcard from training camp, sent by Jack Morten |
| Notes | Sent from the training camp just before the battalion set out for Southampton en route for the Sudan. Ediror's Comment: Postcard with caption: 'Ready, Eye Ready! For Defence of Hearth and Home'. White Ensign, cruiser, Royal Navy Rating. Pte. 2393 John Clarke Morten, 1/7th Bn. Manchester Regiment, was commissioned Second Lieutenant and later attached to the Royal Air Force. |
| Item Date | 4th September 1914 |
| Creation place | Littleborough (Rochdale) |
| 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 | Sheila Morten |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9222 |
