Miniature glengarry bonnet, wallet, documents and photographs, owned by Private Alexander Henderson

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This miniature glengarry bonnet, wallet, documents and photographs were carried by Private Alexander Henderson of The Highland Light Infantry, 16th Battalion, D Company. Private Alexander Henderson was killed on the Western Front by a sniper in 1917. The wallet and its contents have been pierced by the bullet which killed him.

The leather wallet has a regimental crest. The documents are a notebook with notes on explosions and a diary for 1917, while the photographs are family pictures and a postcard.

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• Online ID: 000-180-002-334-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  
• Date: Between 1914 and 1918
  
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