D00016 Accession Number: D00016

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Informal portrait of 114 Sergeant Walter Peeler VC, 3rd Pioneer Battalion who was awarded his Victoria Cross as a Lance Corporal, 4 October 1917, during the fight for Broodseinde Ridge, east of Ypres, Belgium.

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Accession Number
D00016
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
21 August 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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