• Reference
    Z367/2
  • Title
    Letter from Sergeant Arthur Mead informing his mother of the death of his brother Ernest, killed on Easter Monday, 1917
  • Date free text
    13 April 1917
  • Production date
    From: 1917 To: 1917
  • Scope and Content
    "I am shore that you will be brave & thank God that you have sons that are willing to lay down their lives for their loved ones at home .... he had a peacful end as he was killed instantaionsly, we had advanced nearly 3 miles when he fell, & we had captured nearly two thousand prisoners, & you will see by the papers that we are doing wonders..."
  • Level of description
    item