Object Number: TC3330

Collection: Social History

Object Name: photograph

Description: Photograph of Edgar George Whitcombe of Barley Close Farm, Codrington, Gloucestershire, taken in around 1916 at a photographer's studio in Bristol. He is wearing British Army uniform and has the pips denoting the rank of Sergeant on his shoulders. Prior to the First World War, he was a road surveyor at Winchcombe. He married May Evelyn Roach of Oslands farms, Codrington, Glos., in February 1916, at Wapley near Westerley, Glos. He was later sent to fight at the French front, and was killed in the Battle of the Somme. Only his wallet was recovered. He was posted missing on 01/09/1916, and all hope was lost by October. See record for TB3328 for more detail. Related items: TB3328 May's wedding dress; TB3329 box and newspaper in which dress was stored; TB3331 photograph of May Whitcombe c.1916; TB3332 photograph of May Whitcombe c.1916.