Grandmother's Tea Cosy
Item
Title
Grandmother's Tea Cosy
Who?
A gift sent to my grandmother from one of her serving brothers
Item(s)
Photos of souvenir tea cosy and box. The box appears to have been made out of a wooden crate and is heavy.
Story
My grandmother was sent a tea cosy from Ypres by one of her two serving brothers during WW1. I don't know which brother sent it. Neither of the brothers survived the war. Frederick William Charles Witterick, Machine Gun Corps., died on 21/3/1918 and commemorated at the Arras Memorial. The other brother, Corporal Henry John Thomas Witterick, Machine Gun Corps., died on 16 August 1917 and is commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial.
When?
During WW1, date unknown.
Where?
Ypres
Contributor
Jan Kelly, great niece of the brothers and great-grandaughter of the recipient, Alice Easter, nee Witterick.
This item was submitted on March 4, 2019