The Sherwood Foresters in the great war, 1914-1919 :. 1/8 battalion /
W. C. C. Weetman
Category
Books
Date
1920
Materials
Measurements
190 x 132 x 30 mm
Place of origin
Nottingham
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The Workhouse, Southwell, Nottinghamshire
NT 3185309
Summary
Bibliographic description
323, [1] p :. front., plates, ports., maps (part fold.) ;. 19 cm. Not indigenous. Inscription on front pastedown: "To Master John Becher from Colonel C.J. Huskinson Xmas 1920. Wishing you a happy Xmas & a gift to remind you of your father from his partner & brother officer who still mourns his loss = but knowing that you will follow in your fathers footsteps." [i.e. to John Becher (1912-1940) from Colonel Charles John Huskinson (1865-1932)]. Major J.P. Becher listed in Roll of Honour, Jan. 1 1916 (p.315); photograph at p.108. John Pickard Becher (1880-1916) was the great-grandson of John Thomas Becher (1770-1848), founder of Southwell Workhouse. Binding: publisher's twentieth-century green cloth; as issued.
Provenance
Donated to The National Trust in 1998 by Mr E. Beaumont
Makers and roles
W. C. C. Weetman