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Rifleman Harry Green, memorial card.

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SubjectGreen, Harry William
TitleRifleman Harry Green, memorial card.
NotesMemorial card sent to friends and relatives of Rifleman Harry Green.

Editor's Comment:
Memorial card with facing poem: 'Could we have raised his dying head | or heard his last farewell...'

Rifleman R/31363 Harry William Green, 8th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps (part of the 14th (Light) Division), the son of Walter H. and Mary E. Green, originally of King's Lynn, Norfolk, died of wounds 27th December 1916, age 19. He is buried in Avesnes-Le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension.
Item DateJanuary 1917
Creation placeSilvertown, East London.
File typeImage
Item sourceFolio
Item mediumCard
ContentPublication
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_2765_13.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameMichael Davies
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/4226