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D258 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1200-1905
- 65 - Henry [Harry] Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell (1872-1934) and other material
  - 5 - First World War letters sent to Harry Chandos Pole - 1915

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D258/65/5/1-27
Title	Letters and telegrams to Harry Chandos Pole Gell from friends, officers and soldiers from his batallion giving personal news and accounts of military engagements etc.
Date	1915
Description	Correspondents are: Major Charles Bryce, Coldstream Guards, Private Herbert Smith, 3rd battalion, Coldstream Guards, Major Charles Dyce, Lionel [undecipherable], Willy D-L, C [undecipherable], 'the bloody Boy', Buttles, [Captain] Claude Cumberlege, RN, Earl of Dartmouth, Dale, Bill, Fred, W[alter] B[ennet] Wrottesley], H. A[?] Mayall[?]. Includes a verse inscribed 'to Colonel Chandos Pole-Gell and his gallant brigade', beginning 'K's for our King with his men and his horses / K is for Kitchener raiser of forces' Available on CD, CD335.
Extent	27 items
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Copies	A digital copy of this file can be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Term	First World War (1914-1918)
	Letters (documents)
	Military personnel

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