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John (Jack) Elkins - A Soldiers Tale
Wonded several times, promoted and demoted
Our Great Uncle Jack was one of seven brothers who all volunteered for the Army during The Great War. All survived service. Six of the brothers served overseas in France and the other, our grandfather, in the United Kingdom with the Territorial Army. Two of the brothers were wounded and one of these, Jack, returned suffering form shell-shock in addition to his physical wounds.
John (Jack) Elk…
Contributors
- Peter and Anthony Titley
Subject
- World War I
- Military Punishment
- Recruitment and Conscription
- John Elkins
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1914-09-05
- 1919-04-11
- 1919-04-11
- 1914-09-05
- 1919-04-11
- 1914-09-05
Contributors
- Peter and Anthony Titley
Subject
- World War I
- Military Punishment
- Recruitment and Conscription
- John Elkins
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1914-09-05
- 1919-04-11
- 1919-04-11
- 1914-09-05
- 1919-04-11
- 1914-09-05
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2013-11-21 16:27:13 UTC
- 2013-11-21
- 2013-11-21
Temporal
- europeana19141918:timespan/e5ab1dc6097114b775021ffc1738384a
Places
- Western Front
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 10030
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/10030
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:42:20.157Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z