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Embroidery of the badge of the Gloucestershire Regiment

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AuthorCarr, Charles Woodward
TitleEmbroidery of the badge of the Gloucestershire Regiment
NotesSergeant Charles W. Carr made this embroidery of his regimental badge whilst convalescing after being seriously wounded - shot in the legs by machine gun bullets - during the attack of the 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment on Pond Farm during the battle of Paschendale.

Part of large collection of photos and memoribilia relating to Serjeant 3091 (later 240965) Charles Woodward Carr, 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - kept by Mrs Gill Porter and Mr Tony Carr of their father.
Item Date1917 - 1918
Creation placeUnknown
File typeImage
Item sourceArtifact
Item mediumOther
ContentOther
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_3495_Embroidery.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameAlun Edwards (Powys Archives submissions day)
Contributed on the behalf ofTony Carr
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/4923