An amazing find in the attic: a suitcase with personal belongings of a soldier of the First World War
Categories: History | News | World
By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/an-amazing-find-in-the-attic-a-suitcase-with-personal-belongings-of-a-soldier-of-the-first-world-war.htmlA suitcase with the belongings of a soldier of the First World War has been found in the UK. The mother of Private Ted Ambrose, who was killed in the Battle of the Somme, hid her son's belongings in the attic. 90 years later, Ambrose's great-nephew found his well-preserved belongings.
In July 1916, Private Ambrose was severely wounded in the head, arm, and leg during an artillery barrage on the Somme River in France. The soldier was taken to a hospital in Etaples, 40 miles from Calais. The wounded man's mother, Sarah, wanted to visit her son, but was refused. Ambrose's brown leather suitcase was sent to his native Hertfordshire, UK.
Medallion with the image of Private Ted Ambrose
The suitcase was found by Ambrose's 82-year-old great-nephew
For 90 years, things have not lost their appearance at all
Among the personal belongings were found a prayer book, a leather bag with fragments of the shell that inflicted fatal wounds on the private, and a brooch from his beloved Gladys with the inscription: "The Lord protects me and you when we are apart." The suitcase also contained a pipe of burnt tobacco, a letter from his farmer father wishing him good luck, and posthumous medals.
Medallion with the image of Private Ambrose's girlfriend
Ambrose went to the front with the 6th Bedfordshire Regiment after nine months of training. Before the Battle of the Somme, he was hospitalized with measles and returned to the front on 1 July. On the day he was fatally wounded, another 100 men from his regiment were killed and wounded. The soldier was buried in a cemetery near the hospital in Etaples, France.
Keywords: Things | World war I | Soldier | Suitcase
Post News ArticleRecent articles
In brothels for Japanese soldiers during the war there were, according to various sources, from 200 to 400 thousand women ...
It is implied that drinking alcohol is a fact that does not have a very good effect on health. But this is all a human tendency to ...
Related articles
Today, the whole country congratulates the veterans-heroes and heirs of the immortal glory of Russian soldiers and officers, who at ...
We are surrounded by thousands of little things that we see so often that we are already used to them and do not notice them. But ...
Are you standing in front of the closet and don't know what to wear? We are not stylists, so we don't know either, but we are sure ...
Don't know what to do in quarantine? It's time to watch their Pets! It turns out that sometimes they do hilarious and silly things!