Harold Paintin

Harold Paintin
Harold Paintin
Harold Paintin
iBase ID
289734
Reference identifier
HAC-H01-F2-2891-1
Title
Harold Paintin
Place
Unknown
Personal names
Harold Paintin
General notes
P.C. 36 Accrington Borough Police - P.C. Paintin in P.O.W. uniform (seated). He received the military medal during the First World War for smuggling mustard gas into the country. Taken prisoner whilst serving with the Grenadier Guards, he killed two of his guards in order to escape.

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Medium
Photographic print
Colour
Monochrome
Year of image
Early 20th Century
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