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  • World War One: a young soldier lies dying in a woman's arms on a deserted battlefield. Colour halftone, c. 1915, after D. Tennant.
  • A young woman laments the death of her husband as a knight in battle. Etching by J. Tenniel, 1861.

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    Singled out : how two million women survived without men after the First World War / Virginia Nicholson.

    Nicholson, Virginia. | Date: 2007
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    World War One: a young soldier lies dying in a woman's arms on a deserted battlefield. Colour halftone, c. 1915, after D. Tennant.

    Tennant, Dudley, active 1915. | Date: 1915 | Reference: 24093i
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    Two ordinances of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament : For the reliefe and maintenance of maimed souldiers and marriners, and the widdowes and orphants of such as have dyed in the service of the Parliament during these late warres. Die Martis, 10. August. 1647. Ordered by the Lords assembled in Parliament, that these two ordinances for the reliefe of maimed souldiers be forthwith printed and published. Jo. Brown, Cler. Parliamentorum.

    England and Wales. | Date: 1647
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    A young woman laments the death of her husband as a knight in battle. Etching by J. Tenniel, 1861.

    Tenniel, John, 1820-1914. | Date: December 1st, 1861 | Reference: 38303i

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