letter, envelope, letter
Accession Number

NAM.2001-11-94-1

Description

Manuscript letter, 2 Aug 1918. Sent to Mrs Isabella Spencer at 44 Church Road, Stockingford, Nuneaton by Capt J A Swanston, Officer Commanding 30th Bn Machine Gun Corps. The letter informs Mrs Spencer that her husband was killed in action the night before. From a collection of items relating to 155729 Pte John Spencer, Royal Warwickshire Regiment and Machine Gun Corps, and his son Harold Charles Spencer, possibly Lt H C Spencer, Coldstream Guards. Associated with World War One, Western Front and World War Two.

Campaigns

World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)