| Description | Includes four letters written by Corporal William 'Bill' Reilly to his father, concerning his experiences of serving on the front line in France during the First World War (All letters undated apart from one letter, which is dated 6 October 1916), a press cutting titled 'Slaughter' on the Battle of the Somme [July 1916], a typescript letter sent to Mr W. Reilly of 88 Porter Street, Sheffield from the British Read Cross with a message from Private Stalkey who buried his son, William Reilly at Loos Cemetery (11 October 1917), two letters from the Imperial War Graves Commission concerning the grave of William Reilly at St Patrick's Cemetary (circa. 1918-1919).
William Reilly died on 22 April 1917. |