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| Keywords: Notification of Alfred's war badge.jpg Alfred ™s Great Niece Sue Armitage inherited an incredible collection of items from Alfred relating to the war These include medals identity discs exemption and wound badges photos and a piece of shell casing Alfred had reserved occupation status as a steelworker in Sheffield but chose to sign up with his mates anyway He was wounded in the knee by a piece of shell casing in May 1916 and this ended his war Alfred ™s wounds never healed and he had a limp until the day he died but this wound prevented him from fighting in the Battle of the Somme where many of his mates died He was given the shell casing from his knee and brought it home with him as a reminder of his service exhibition history object history object type Europeana 1914-1918 Copyright information Europeana 1914-1918 PD-own upload Europeana claims no rights in its digitisation in accordance with its http //pro europeana eu/publications/the-europeana-public-domain-charter Public Domain charter Europeana 1914-1918 project place of creation place of discovery http //www europeana1914-1918 eu/en/contributions/17174 Notification of Alfred's war badge Uploaded with GWToolset Notification of Alfred's war badge http //www europeana1914-1918 eu/attachments/180093/17174 180093 full jpg World War I Western Front theatre of World War I Military medical services in World War I Europeana 1914-1918 batch upload needs checking | ||||
