Pocket watch case, 1916.
Silver and glass made by ‘L. H’, probably made in New Zealand.
Containing a photograph of Pte William Henry Ellen (23307), 1st Bn Auckland Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
In 1912, aged 18, William left London bound for Wellington, recording his occupation as a farmer. Four years later he embarked with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade on 27 May 1916 destined for England. Ellen was killed in action on the Somme, 27 September 1916, and is recorded on the memorial to the missing at the Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Somme, France.
Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918).