Pte John Edward 'Jack' Keays, Machine Gun Corps
Item
Title
Pte John Edward 'Jack' Keays, Machine Gun Corps
Who?
Pte John Edward 'Jack' Keays, Machine Gun Corps
Item(s)
30 - Notification of burial
31 - Collection of photographs of Jack and family
32 - Official notification of death and envelope
33 - Payment due notice
34 - Letter from commanding officer
35 - Letter from sergeant to Jack's mother
36 - Envelope to German brother-in-law in Berlin and postcard
37 - Note on enlistment
38 - Rejection from Royal Flying Corps
39 - Contents of wallet (5 wallets)
40 - Francs from wallet
41 - German shoulder patch
42 - Two German postcards (Theodor Beigal)
31 - Collection of photographs of Jack and family
32 - Official notification of death and envelope
33 - Payment due notice
34 - Letter from commanding officer
35 - Letter from sergeant to Jack's mother
36 - Envelope to German brother-in-law in Berlin and postcard
37 - Note on enlistment
38 - Rejection from Royal Flying Corps
39 - Contents of wallet (5 wallets)
40 - Francs from wallet
41 - German shoulder patch
42 - Two German postcards (Theodor Beigal)
Story
Pte John Edward 'Jack' Keays served in the Machine Gun Corps (10349) after serving in the Devon and Cornwall Light Infantry (22049). He had enlisted between May 1915 and August 1915, and was killed in action on 200 yards from the Bazentin-le-Petit windmill on 19th August 1916.
When?
1915-16
Where?
Bazentin-le-Petit
Contributor
David Keays, great, great nephew
Collection Day
King's High School, Warwick (08/06/2018)
This item was submitted on May 20, 2019