Picture No | 10726288 |
Date | 1914 |
Description | Alexandra Message Books to record words of the dying, WW1 |
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An example of the Alexandra Message Book, a notebook with perforated pages, used to note down the final words of dying British soldiers so they could be conveyed back to his family at home. A large number of the books were donated by Sir William Murray and sent to the front.
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Source | Page from The Sketch, 30 September 1914 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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