letter, letter
Accession Number

NAM.2002-08-34-4

Description

Handwritten letter, 16 Aug 1916. Addressed to Rosie, sent by Pte A W Gore at Camp No 50757, Baraque 32, Friedrichsfeld bei Wesel, Rheinland, Germany. Written on German prisoner of war writing paper. In the letter Pte Gore tells his sister that he is in a hospital with a bad leg but that he is nevertheless being treated with great kindness and expects to be out of the camp before his letter reaches her. With German prisoner of war envelope addressed to Miss R Gore at St Johns Vicarage, Maidstone, Kent. One of eight documents relating to Pte Alfred Gore, 8th Bn The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) who was taken prisoner and sent to a German prisoner of war camp on 26 Sep 1915 after serving with the British Expeditionary Force.

Campaigns

World War One, POWs (1914-1918)