Pte Calvin Hughes - seated at Milford, Surrey

800114 Pte Hughes, Calvin – Postcard photo – Surrey, England

Black and white photo of Pte Calvin Hughes, on left seated, and fellow member of 134th Battalion standing, 48th Highlanders both in tunic, kilt with leather sporran, waistbelt, glengarry, hose with khaki spats and holding swagger stick. The postcard photo was taken by W. Brooks, Camp Studio, Milford, Surrey. Photo taken in the period from late 1916 to late 1917. Hughes was transferred to the 4th Battalion and suffered a gunshot wound to the thigh during the “Last 100 Days” of the war.

Also in the Hughes donation is: a) postcard from Toronto, b) Certificate of Military Instruction, c) Dispersal Certificate, d) Pension final statement 1931, e) Returned Soldiers’ Insurance receipt 1923, f) letter from Pension Commissioners, 1919, g) two blackened 134th Battalion badges – collar and headgear sizes.

Classification
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Era
1914 – 1919 (WW 1)
Location of artifact
Research room – temporary storage

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