Pte H W Hamilton SWB

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Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald May 18th 1917

Gifts to the front

Headline: "Thanks for kindness"

No-one is more grateful than a soldier for comforts. Mrs Fletcher Tan-y-graig recently sent to the front a pair of socks and in one of them she placed a shilling piece. This week she received the following letter from Pte. H W Hamilton of the South Wales Borderers who received the socks:

"Many thanks for the pair of socks and the shilling piece I found in one of them. It came in very handy. I am sending you a small crucifix. It is just rough. I made it in the trenches. We have had a terrible lot of hard weather, but it is much better now out here. I hope the weather in Wales if fine just now. Thanking you again"

Possibly this is the soldier?

From CWG

HAMILTON

Initials: H W

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Private

Regiment: South Wales Borderers

Unit Text: 1st Bn.

Age: 32

Date of Death: 23/08/1919

Service No: 22833

Additional information: Son of Mr. Hamilton; husband of Mrs. E. N. Hamilton, of 14, Dalby St., Kentish Town, London.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: 1537.

Cemetery: FORT PITT MILITARY CEMETERY

He is the only H W Hamilton SWB on the MIC's too

Caryl