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Letter from Buchanan's chaplain to his mother. © National Museums Scotland
Letter sent by the battalion chaplain to Buchanan’s mother, confirming his death after weeks during which he had been posted missing in action. Families usually received official communication only when there was bad news. When a family member was killed in action or posted missing, military authorities tried to send and confirm information quickly. Where time and the circumstances of war allowed,…
Contributors
- Jo Sohn-Rethel
Creator
- William Crawford
Subject
- World War I
- Home Front
- Trench Life
- World War I
Type of item
- Letter
- Letter
Date
- 1915-11-15
- 1915-11-15
- 1915-11-15
Contributors
- Jo Sohn-Rethel
Creator
- William Crawford
Subject
- World War I
- Home Front
- Trench Life
- World War I
Type of item
- Letter
- Letter
Date
- 1915-11-15
- 1915-11-15
- 1915-11-15
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2015-09-22 09:50:05 UTC
- 2015-09-22
- 2015-09-22
Temporal
- europeana19141918:timespan/bd6f95fdf996358aa63ea2541ce943b4
Places
- Western Front
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 228550
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/20084/attachments/228550
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:30:50.135Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z
Table of contents
- Letter sent by the battalion chaplain to Buchanan’s mother, confirming his death after weeks during which he had been posted missing in action. Families usually received official communication only when there was bad news. When a family member was killed in action or posted missing, military authorities tried to send and confirm information quickly. Where time and the circumstances of war allowed, personal correspondence from an officer, chaplain or comrade was sometimes received.