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Dux Prize

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SubjectBinning, William
TitleDux Prize
NotesWilliam Binning won the Dux Prize at school and as his prize he chose a copy of Robert Burns' poetry. Many poems are marked up in pencil. One of great significance to him was It is na, Jean, Thy Bonnie Face. His girlfriend was Jane Kelso, also known as Jean or Jeannie. She too had been a pupil at the school and was the Dux of the school in 1914. It is possible that he read these poems whilst in France.

2nd Lieutenant William B. Binning (1896 - 1916), Scottish Rifles 9th Div. Machine Gun Corps, 28th Bn.
Item Date1913 - 1914
Creation placeCowdenbeath, Fife
File typeImage
Item sourceBook
Item mediumPaper
ContentPoem
CataloguerAdmin
FilenameGWA_7776_office00918.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameChristine Plummer
Contributed on the behalf ofBeath High School
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/8650