Watch. Small, rusty pocket watch with a melted clockface. A label is attached which says: Bracelet watch found in wreckage after troop train disaster at Gretna Green 1915.

Title

Watch. Small, rusty pocket watch with a melted clockface. A label is attached which says: Bracelet watch found in wreckage after troop train disaster at Gretna Green 1915.

Identifier

ABDUA:36883

Description

Remains of a soldier's wrist watch, found in wreckage of troop train disaster at Gretna Green, Dumfriesshire, 1905. Winding knob on side is visible, glass front is molten, no straps remain. Old hand-written label attached.

Date

Early: 1905 Late: 1915

Format

metal glass, Dia: 32 mm

Coverage

Europe, Scotland, Gretna Dumfriessshire

Type

Physical Object

UUID

4d83bb53-1839-4689-ba07-e27776838cc4