Letter to Gertrude Painter regarding her husband's death on the battlefield [D 8829(L)] • Manuscript
Letter to Gertrude Painter regarding her husband's death on the battlefield
A letter written to Gertrude Ida Painter, the widow of Private John Edward Painter, from an officer, Captain Tennyson George Clarke, who found Private Painter wounded. The letter is dated 17th February 1917, four months after Gertrude Painter had made enquiries when her husband was reported as wounded, missing in action. Captain Clarke gives details of Private Painter, finding him in the trenches on the front after the Battle of Potieres, his wounds, and some of his last words. Private Painter died on 16 August 1916, but was originally reported as wounded. Gertrude Painter did not receive confirmation of his death until the following year.
Letter to Gertrude Painter regarding her husband's death on the battlefield
A letter written to Gertrude Ida Painter, the widow of Private John Edward Painter, from an officer, Captain Tennyson George Clarke, who found Private Painter wounded. The letter is dated 17th February 1917, four months after Gertrude Painter had made enquiries when her husband was reported as wounded, missing in action. Captain Clarke gives details of Private Painter, finding him in the trenches on the front after the Battle of Potieres, his wounds, and some of his last words. Private Painter died on 16 August 1916, but was originally reported as wounded. Gertrude Painter did not receive confirmation of his death until the following year.