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Fred Findlay and family life while in the trenches
Died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme
Fred's story is an incredibly moving one. He enlisted in the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in 1915 and died in Fricourt on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The family archive is extraordinary, consisting of newspaper cuttings, letters, postcards and photographs. The striking thing about the correspondence is the sense of really being able to know Fred. He comes across as a kind, funn…
Contributors
- Sheffield 1914 Team
Subject
- World War I
- Home Front
- Trench Life
- Fred Findlay
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Contributors
- Sheffield 1914 Team
Subject
- World War I
- Home Front
- Trench Life
- Fred Findlay
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2014-08-06 10:25:32 UTC
- 2014-08-06
- 2014-08-06
Places
- Western Front
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 17168
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/17168
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:08:37.731Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z