First World War: Letter from Joseph G. Braithwaite

Photograph of Joseph Gurney Braithwaite in uniform.
Joseph Gurney Braithwaite

“J. G. BRAITHWAITE [Bootham 1907-14] wrote in November, 1915, that he had had a touch of rheumatism and had been sent from Gallipoli to a hospital in Malta. Since then he has been reported as a spotter in the Suez Canal. At the end of the November letter he writes : “Just walked into the arms of Sid. Faraday [Bootham 1908-10], to our mutual astonishment. He was wounded in Flanders in March and is now bound for the Balkans, and was ashore for a few hours off the trooper. We had dinner together.””

From ‘Across the Months’, Bootham Magazine, December 1915

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