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Watercolour of Lydiard House by Swindon-born and based artist Ken Beint as part of a thesis he undertook while studying fine art at Birmingham University in the 1950s.

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New Zealand Expeditionary Force Attestation Paper for Ernest Painter, 1916

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The paper records Ernest John Painter's enlistment in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on 14th June 1916. The paper records Ernest was single, he was a farm labourer and his next of kin was his mother, Mrs Painter of Keepers Cottage, The Brook, Lydiard Tregoze.

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Year:: 1916

Type:: Certificate

Location:: Private Collection

Copyright:: Lydiard House

Last updated on:: Saturday 23rd October 2021

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