Summary

Black and white photograph postcard depicting a 'warm corner of the firing line' at Gallipoli in April 1915. It was written on 16 November 1915 by Albert Victor Peile to his mother on November 16, 1915 when he was on furlough in London, England. According to his war record, Albert was sent to the 3rd London General Hospital from Gallipoli in late September 1915 with dysentery and did not return to his battalion until March 1916 in Serapeum, Egypt.

Albert enlisted on August 27, 1914 with the 3rd Battalion, D Company when he was 22 years old. He served in Gallipoli and later France, and was eventually promoted to the rank of corporal. He died in Bullecourt, France on 4 May 1917 and is commemorated at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.

Description of Content

Hillside trenches, with two servicemen sit near the top, looking down at the camera and surrounded by debris.

Physical Description

Black and white photograph printed on paper, in the form of a postcard.

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