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Title(s):
In loving memory of the victims of the fire drama at Gillingham, Kent : Thursday, July 11th 1929.
Additional Title(s):
Title on front of cover: Thy will be done
Published/Created:
London : East London Printing Co., [1929]
Physical Description:
1 folded card : illustrations ; 8 x 12 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
GT3390 .G555 1929 Box
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
[Request]
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Fifteen lives (including nine boys, some of whom were Scouts and others in training for the Navy) were lost in a terrible fire drama at Gillingham, Kent. A Dummy House, from which the local fire Brigade was to have given a life-saving display, went up in flames without warning, the 'occupants' assembled on the top floor were trapped in an inferno from which there was no escape."
Folded memorial card for the 15 victims of the fire at Gillingham, Kent. Black and silver borders on front and back. With a botanical illustrations on front cover: Thy will be done.
Subject Terms:
Death.
Fires -- England -- Gillingham.
Grief.
Mourning customs -- Great Britain.
Form/Genre:
Memorial cards.
Memorial works.
Ephemera.
Botanical illustrations.
Contributors:
East London Printing Co., printer.
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