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Silk Postcard

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SubjectBinning, William
TitleSilk Postcard
NotesSilk postcard embroidered 'Might is Right' sent by William Binning to his brother John, inquiring how the trenches are getting on. Presumably his 10 year old brother was trying to create a trench in the back garden to simulate his brother's experience.

2nd Lieutenant William B. Binning (1896 - 1916), Scottish Rifles 9th Div. Machine Gun Corps, 28th Bn.
Item Date1915
Creation placeFrance
File typeImage
Item sourcePostcard
Item mediumCard
ContentPostcard
CataloguerAdmin
FilenameGWA_7780_office00921.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/8654