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William Alexander Ivory SMITH letter of death from Forces Chaplain 

A hand-written letter from a Forces Chaplain dated 12 September 1915 describing William's army in-service death and burial at sea.


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Peninsula on the hospital ship Gloucester Castle on Monday Aug 23rd. That night he was transferred to the "Franconia" in which ship I was Chaplain. This ship is a very large one and Mr. Smith was placed in a large room with other patients severely injured. Mr. Smyth was shot through both


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