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Letter from Lord Lucan to Leonard Green's Parents

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SubjectGreen, Leonard E.
TitleLetter from Lord Lucan to Leonard Green's Parents
NotesThis letter, signed by the Earl of Lucan on behalf of the British Red Cross and Order of St John (Dept. for wounded and missing) contains an eye-witness account of Pte. Green's death by machine-gun fire at Tretry (probably Tertry which is on the Somme-Peronne front), and was received by his parents very shortly after the letter acknowledging that he was a P o W.

Editor's Comment:
Pte. 316448 Leonard E. Green, 1/5th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers, was reported Missing in Action on 23rd March 1918 and officially declared dead, twice, before his status as a Prisoner of War was confirmed.
Item Date27th July 1918
Creation placeSomme/Peronne front
File typeImage
Item sourceLeaf
Item mediumPaper
ContentLetter
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_3500_IMG_0581.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameDr Roger Green
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/4928