Letter from Private Charles Green
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| Author | Green, Charles |
|---|---|
| Title | Letter from Private Charles Green |
| Notes | Final letter home from Private Charles Green to his mother: he was killed a few days after this was written. The letter thanks his mother for a parcel received, requests some additional items, and talks about the practical consequences of the extreme cold the soldiers have to deal with. It is accompanied by a printed transcript. Part of a collection relating to Charles Green, who served as a machine gunner with the 7th Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment, and was killed on 8th February 1917, in the Somme area of France. |
| Item Date | 4th February 1917 |
| Creation place | France |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Leaf |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Content | Letter |
| Cataloguer | Meriel Patrick |
| Copyright | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor |
| Digital repository | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford |
| Contributor Name | Meriel Patrick (Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull submissions day 31st May 2008) |
| Contributed on the behalf of | Michael Fenton |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9421 |
