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Wharton Rye Collinge's Wallet

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SubjectCollinge, Wharton Rye; Collinge, Ella
TitleWharton Rye Collinge's Wallet
NotesWharton Rye Collinge's Wallet with photo of Ella, pen, money and medals.

Editor's Comment:
50 Centime note, dated 1917, 5 Franc note, War and Victory Medals, pen, photograph, contained in black pigskin wallet with initials W.R.C.

Lieutenant Wharton Rye Collinge, 2nd/6th (Rifle) Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment), died of gas poisoning 7th August 1917 and is buried in Merville Communal Cemetery.
Item Date1917
Creation placeUnknown
File typeImage
Item sourceMultiple
Item mediumMixed
ContentCollection
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_2574_Wallet.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameMartin Collinge
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/4150