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Douglas Hamlin McKie

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Photograph of a picnic in Brockwell Park, London, c1890s

Photograph of a picnic in Brockwell Park, London, c1890s

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Photograph of Douglas McKie and his sisters playing on a rocking horse, c1900

Photograph of Douglas McKie and his sisters playing on a rocking horse, c1900

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Photograph of Douglas taken just before he left for Brazil in 1914

Photograph of Douglas taken just before he left for Brazil in 1914

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Portrait photograph of Second Lieutenant Douglas Hamlin McKie, Northumberland Fusiliers, c1916

Portrait photograph of Second Lieutenant Douglas Hamlin McKie, Northumberland Fusiliers, c1916

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Letter from Douglas to his mother, describing the closeness of the guns to his billet, 8 April 1917

Letter from Douglas to his mother, describing the closeness of the guns to his billet, 8 April 1917

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‘Waiting in trenches near Arras for our creeping barrage to lift before pushing on’, 1917

‘Waiting in trenches near Arras for our creeping barrage to lift before pushing on’, 1917

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‘Formidable Hun pill-box at Bullecourt: scene of sanguinary fighting during the Battle of Arras’, 1917

‘Formidable Hun pill-box at Bullecourt: scene of sanguinary fighting during the Battle of Arras’, 1917

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Last page of Douglas’s letter to his sister Kate, written on 3 April 1917, in which he wishes for a 'Blighty'

Last page of Douglas’s letter to his sister Kate, written on 3 April 1917, in which he wishes for a ‘Blighty’

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Telegram received by Douglas McKie’s family on 13 April 1917, informing them of his death after being struck by a shell two days earlier

Telegram received by Douglas McKie’s family on 13 April 1917, informing them of his death after being struck by a shell two days earlier

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Typed transcript of a letter from Richard D Temple, Douglas McKie’s Commanding Officer, to his father on 20 April 1917

Typed transcript of a letter from Richard D Temple, Douglas McKie’s Commanding Officer, to his father on 20 April 1917

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Letter sent to Helen McKie from Lieutenant Colonel Rorie of the Royal Army Medical Corps, April 1917

Letter sent to Helen McKie from Lieutenant Colonel Rorie of the Royal Army Medical Corps, April 1917

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Official photograph of Douglas McKie’s grave, enclosed in a cardboard wallet with location details, c1919

Official photograph of Douglas McKie’s grave, enclosed in a cardboard wallet with location details, c1919

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Douglas’s sister, Kate, photographed at his grave in 1919

Douglas’s sister, Kate, photographed at his grave in 1919

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Pencil sketch map of Roclincourt Military Cemetery, with Douglas McKie’s grave marked with an 'X', 1919

Pencil sketch map of Roclincourt Military Cemetery, with Douglas McKie’s grave marked with an ‘X’, 1919

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