Certificate of honourable discharge WWI, awarded to 6829 Private Leonard Fred Riddle

Identifier

2011-03-0095

Title

Certificate of honourable discharge WWI, awarded to 6829 Private Leonard Fred Riddle

Description

Printed certificate of Service with honourable discharge, awarded to 6829 Private Leonard Fred Riddle. 20th Battalion. Awarded on 2nd March 1919. Certificate is thick paper, printed with red and black ink. Hand written inscriptions in (possibly) sepia ink are noted on the recto, lower right corner: '6829 Private Leonard Fred Riddle. 20th Battalion (additional inscription illegible). Served with honour and was disabled in the Great War. Honourably discharged on (printed black & red type) 2nd March 1919' (handwritten sepia? ink). Signature in black ink, signed by George V; 'George R.I.'. Inscription lower centre recto, sepia? ink; 'HO 18-9-19' (inscription partly damaged). Inscription top left recto, sepia? ink '4099'.

Creator

Bernard Partridge. M.cm.xvj.

Medium

Paper (artists quality) - with ink or printed

Format

300 x 330 mm

Provenance

Date

First World War, 1914-1918

Audience

Case 9

Date Created

Tuesday, 28 January 2014