MS 446 02 01
Reference code
MS 446 02 01
Title
E. W. Hermon archive: Contents of E. W. Hermon's pocket
Level
Item
Administrative / Biographical history
E. W. Hermon was shot through the chest while crossing open ground on the first day of the Battle of Arras, 9th April 1919. The contents of E. W. Hermon's pocket on the day he died, bears a bullet hole from one of the bullets that killed him. The contents of his pocket was probably returned to Ethel Hermon by E. W. Hermon's manservant, Gordon Buxton.
Date
1917
Content description
Photographs, a pay-cheque, card mounted pressed four-leaf clover, etc.
Provenance
Bequethed by Ethel Hermon to her daughter Mary. Bequethed by Mary to her daughter Anne Nason.
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