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Browse via Object (Ref Nᵒ 1459) For a higher quality version, please click the thumbnail above ** Filesize = 4.39 MB **   Date   Saturday 27th February 2016     Promoter   EAST BELFAST AND THE GREAT WAR     Location   Belfast Collection Ref   B - 002    Collection ID 94 Objects 18 Description   Artefact Relating to - Private William Coubrough, 3rd Seaforth Highlanders Classification   Letter Unique Object ID 1459 Description   Letter - Orginal handwritten copy of William's personal account of the Battle of Arras 16th April 1917 page 1 Notice: Undefined variable: OBJECT_Description in /var/www/html/LivingLegacies/DigitalArchive/Browse/Object/Summary_OfObjectDetails.php on line 34     Additional Information   Private Willam Dowall Coubrough enlised on 16th February, 1916 at the age of 32 in the 3rd Seaforth Highlanders. He received the British War and Victory Medals. He gives a personal account of the Battle of Arras, this battle was a British offensive from 9th April to 16 May 1917. Writing, "Dear Bob, we have been fighting since Easter Monday and have only now been relieved as as we are all nearly dead for want of sleep". There is a also a copy of the official account in the Glasgow Herald, dated 11th April 1917.     Other objects in the same collection Postcard Postcard Postcard Postcard Newspaper Artefact Artefact Photograph Photograph Photograph Certificate Certificate Letter Letter Letter Letter Artefact

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