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Alfie Knight's Letter to Lord Kitchener
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The letter reads (spelling as in original):   'Dear Lord Kitchner, I am an Irish boy 9 years of age and I want to go to the front. I can ride jolley quick on my bycycle and would go as despatch ridder I wouldnt let the germans get it. I am a good shot with a revolver and would kill a good vue of the germans. I am very strong and often win a fight with lads twice as big as mysels. I want a uniform and a revolver and will give a good account of myself. Please send an anencer, yours affectionately Alfie Knight' Add to board
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Letter from Alfie Knight to Lord Kitchener 1914

First page of a letter written by nine year old Dublin boy Alfie Knight to Field Marshal Lord Kitchener in 1914

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