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Forwards a letter addressed to the Secretary of the War Office concerning the bravery...

Catalogue reference: CO 37/262/38

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This record is about the Forwards a letter addressed to the Secretary of the War Office concerning the bravery... dating from 1918 June 25 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
CO 37/262/38
Date
1918 June 25
Description

Forwards a letter addressed to the Secretary of the War Office concerning the bravery of Private B M Pitman of the Bermuda Contingent in France. Pitman was said to have gone out alone and brought back two men and a Lewis gun of the 1st Lincolnshire Regiment as well as two German prisoners. Pitman was killed in France on 4 January 1918.

James Willcocks, Governor of Bermuda, No. 55, Folios 231-234

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
35632/1918
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9187919/

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