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Thomas Head Raddall fonds Europe World War, 1914-1918 Text
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Photograph of the 90th Rifles of Winnipeg, 8th Battalion on a parade at Stonehenge, Salisbury Pla...

Photograph of the 90th Rifles of Winnipeg, 8th Battalion on a parade at Stonehenge, Salisbury Plains, England printed on a postcard

Item, a photograph, is related to material in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. There is a note to Ellen Raddall from her husband, T.H. Raddall, Sr., on the reverse side. Raddall, Sr. marked his position in the parade on the front with an x: he is the fifth from the left in the foremost line, wearing a long, dark overcoat that nearly reaches his ankles.
Where the dead lay thickest

Where the dead lay thickest

Item is a poem in manuscript form, commemorating the death and burial site of Raddall's father in Amiens, France, in what became known as the Manitoba Cemetery, Caix. The poem is followed by an edited explanatory note and the name Gregory Cook is written in pencil on the margin.