C. Gordon Paramore, 81 Mays Road, Mortimer, Bucks., to [Henry] Rushbury

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

RAA/SEC/10/74/1

Title

C. Gordon Paramore, 81 Mays Road, Mortimer, Bucks., to [Henry] Rushbury

Date

20 Sep 1914

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Historical Background

Charles Gordon Paramore. The Schools admission register records that he was killed in the Great War. Paramore is believed to have been the first officer to be killed at the battle of Loos on 25 September 1915.

Content Description

Paramore writes to say goodbye after being awarded a commission in the 8th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment. Paramore thinks that people will be far happier and contented than ever they were before, when "this damned war" is over. He adds in a postscript that the afternoon he spent at Rushbury's house was "an oasis in This Bewilderment."