Monday 29 September 2014

Dead or Alive?

Wilstead, 1914 [Z1306/134/6/1]

Tuesday 29th September 1914, Wilstead: A letter received from a French Hospital indicates that the notification of the death of Private Timothy Cambers sent to his young, pregnant wife at Wilstead was premature. There is no addressee so it is not known when Mrs Cambers heard that her husband was still alive. It is to be hoped that she received this letter soon after it was sent and did not have to wait for it to filter through the War Office machine. 
St Quentin the 26th of September 1914
 This is to certify that private Timothy Cambers No.8213 of the Bedfordshire Regiment company C has been in treatment in our hospital from the 27th of August 1914 on to the 26th of September owing to injuries sustained on the battlefield.
 From: Union des Femmes de France
           Hopital Auxiliaire
          15 Salle Vauban – St.Quentin
 Source: X550/2/59

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