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Letter to members of 3rd Edinburgh Boys Brigade Company
Unknown, 1916, Document
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Letter to members of 3rd Edinburgh Boys Brigade Company
Letter to members of 3rd Edinburgh Boys Brigade Company
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30098
Title
Letter to members of 3rd Edinburgh Boys Brigade Company
Description
The letter ends:
The Lord bless you and keep you and may he speed the time when we shall rally again at our Sunday morning service to worship Him with thanksgiving.
Yours sincerely
John McLaren
Our roll of 'Old Boys' known to us now serving is nearly 400.
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Unknown
Date
1916
Size
27.5 x 22.0 cm
Type
Document
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
This image is taken from the 2nd of 2 scrapbooks compiled during World War One by the Thomson Family who were living at Glengyle Terrace in Edinburgh. Most of the items pasted into the scrapbooks are press cuttings, leaflets and ephemera but a couple of articles, such as letters and a ration book, give personal details and an indication of the impact of war on the family. Many of the letters of correspondence are sent to Thomas Thomson. Thomas Davidson Thomson was only 3 years old at the outbreak of war and so, his parents must have collated and maintained the scrapbooks, which span the full period of the war, on his behalf.
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Thomson Family WW1 scrapbooks (volume 2)
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