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Trench art from a German shell casing
Made by an anonymous Irish soldier
This story is about an anonymous soldier who used to work for my grandfather Anthony Lynch before he went to fight in the great war. The unknown soldier used to be an estate agent from Verschorles, Ireland before the war. During the war he fought in the Battle of the Somme. During the Battle of the Somme he handmade a matchbox holder out of an old German shell in the trenches. He personally create…
Contributors
- Dara Hogan
Subject
- World War I
- Trench Life
- Anthony Lynch
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1916-07
- 1917
- 1917
- 1916-07
- 1917
- 1916-07
Contributors
- Dara Hogan
Subject
- World War I
- Trench Life
- Anthony Lynch
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1916-07
- 1917
- 1917
- 1916-07
- 1917
- 1916-07
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2014-08-05 14:02:09 UTC
- 2014-08-05
- 2014-08-05
Temporal
- europeana19141918:timespan/bb243fbb255a71a140b6659c6758bc47
Places
- Western Front
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 17152
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/17152
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Year
- 1917
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:17:06.339Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z