£800
A comprehensive archive relating to Lieutenant DWO Palmer of the East Yorkshire Regiment, killed in the front line trenches of The Somme at Bertrancourt on 4 June 1916. Present are his medals, death plaque, letters to and from his sister Nesta, the telegrams informing the family of his death. Also present is a letter from the War Graves commission, detailing the position of his grave, as well as photographs of the gravestone; a solicitors letter relating to the settlement of the will, and the citation giving permission for a plaque to be erected at his local church; the order of ceremony for the unveiling of the war memorial at Elloughton Cum Brough, and a hand drawn regimental crest. Several photos of Lt Palmer, including a portrait miniature and another in a silver frame (Chester 1901), even a school cricket team picture; also the silver brandy flask, HM Chester 1905, sent back to the family from the front, engraved with the regimental crest and his name.
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