German postcard and photograph souvenired by George Powell
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| Author | Powell, George |
|---|---|
| Title | German postcard and photograph souvenired by George Powell |
| Notes | George Powell was a very small man and was enlisted into The Welsh Bantams. Being of a very young age when the war began he joined by stating he was older than his correct age. By the end of the Great War George had spent a year in hospital suffering horrific injuries. Editor's Comment: Presumably picked up from the battlefield as souvenirs. The postcard depicts German soldiers in a buring village and bears a Feldpost stamp to the reverse; the photograph is of a German signalling unit, with signalling lamp (Blinkgerät) on tripod. Private George Powell would have enlisted as a Bantam in the 17th or 18th (Serivice) Bns. (1st or 2nd Glamorgans), The Welsh Regiment. |
| Item Date | 14th April 1917 |
| Creation place | Unknown |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Photograph |
| 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 | Gwyneth E Gwynne |
| Contributed on the behalf of | George Powell |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9380 |
