The Smoking Concert
Title in English
My Grandfather's Letter from Gretna
Henry John Brown was my grandfather. He was born in 1865 (?) and served with the Welsh Territorials during the war; there is a discrepancy in his age, he might have claimed to be younger than he was. In a letter to his wife Ivy, written in April 1918, he describes a smoking concert held the night before the troops were sent to Ireland (we think he might have been the quartermaster) and other details of army life. He returned to his wife Ivy and there is mention of a boy called Harry being born in 1919 (his son?)
He died before I was born but nobody in the family talked about the war.
Summary description of items
Letter written in Gretna, 20th April 1918;
postcard of Minster Sheppey endorsed 'Harry born in this village 18/12/1919'
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- ID
- 19468
- Number of items
- 5
- Person
- Henry Brown
- Origin date
- April 20, 1918
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Lyons Tea, Minster Sheppey Kent
- Front
- Western Front
- Location
- Gretna
- Contributor
- Ann Peat
- Collection day
- SOM01
