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Draft letter from postmen in Hereford requesting permission to join the army, and letter of application to Army Post Office Corps, written by James Cross

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AuthorCross, James
TitleDraft letter from postmen in Hereford requesting permission to join the army, and letter of application to Army Post Office Corps, written by James Cross (2)
NotesPart of a large collection relating to Jim Cross, Broadway, Worcestershire. Before the First World War he was a postman in Hereford, joining the army as a ˜sapper' (service number 62966) in the Royal Engineer (Signals) in January 1915. The collection includes artefacts from Serjeant James Cross' service as a despatch rider, and his memoirs “ dictated in his 90s in the 1980s-90s to his second wife, Jill. The memoirs are based on Jim's diaries from 1915, 1917 and 1918. Sjt. Cross served overseas in the 38th (Welsh) Division Signalling Company, and was later attached to Headquaters, Royal Artillery, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division.
Item Date1914 - 1915
Creation placeHereford
File typeImage
Item sourceLeaf
Item mediumPaper
ContentLetter
Page2 of 2
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_4294_office00150.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameAlun Edwards
Contributed on the behalf ofMrs Jill Cross
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9257/5965

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AuthorCross, James
TitleDraft letter from postmen in Hereford requesting permission to join the army, and letter of application to Army Post Office Corps, written by James Cross
Creation placeHereford
File typeImage
Item sourceLeaf
Item mediumPaper
ContentLetter
CataloguerRichard Marshall
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameAlun Edwards
Contributed on the behalf ofMrs Jill Cross
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9257