Englisch Liebesgaben

One dud and two shell casings. A gift of love from England to Germany.

German POW at Brocton

A German prisoner at the POW Camp in Brocton, England. This was a British Army training facility that was turned into a POW Camp in 1917.

Royal Field Artillery

This studio portrait of an artilleryman is by Findlow & Company of High Wycombe. He has on his spurs so he was probably a driver.

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

A group from the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Photograph by Stephen Cribb of South Sea, Hampshire. Cribb was an official photographer for the British Admiralty before the war.

Camp 5 Codford

A group of Anzac soldier enjoying the snow in Codford, England.

Engl. Flieger-Bomb, Blindgänger

An unexploded 20 lb Hales bomb. These were dropped by hand by the pilot or observer of the airplane.

With best love from Edgar

Two of the same

A couple of British dispatch riders in France.
At times I lose track of what I have in my collection. The 2nd card was purchased about 6 months after the 1st.  Not often can you find multiple prints of the same studio portraits. Either each subject purchased one or one of them bought two.

Royal Flying Corps

A common motif for photographs during the war was posing the tallest and shortest members of a unit together. Here are two members of the Royal Flying Corps somewhere in Great Britain.

British Wounded

A group of British wounded with some hospital staff. There are two members of the Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service(2nd row), one from the Voluntary Aid Detachment (3rd row left) and a Red Cross Nurse (3rd row right). This picture by Viner & Co., Bath.

WAAC

A member of the Woman's Army Auxiliary Corps.

WIth Love From Your Loving Cousin

Alfred was very fond of his cousin.

Sincerelry Yours Bernard

Bernard was with the Army Service Corps. He is wearing Khaki Drill which would place him away from the Western Front.

Chas

Chas in the Rapid Electric Studio Co. in Chatham. At the time of this photo the HMS Trent, renamed the HMS Pembroke, was serving at the shore barracks at Chatham.

British Army Entering Cologne

The British Army entered Cologne in December 1918. These three images were taken at that time. The Royal Scots and the British Calvary marching through the city and finally the Calvary in formation outside of the Cologne Cathedral. The British Army of the Rhine was established in March 1919 and was headquartered in Cologne.

Cairo

A nice portrait of A Royal Engineer in Cairo. Taken at Shoucair & Co.

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Some members of The Royal Warwickshire Regiment with a cat and small child somewhere in England. They could possibly be from the 2nd Battalion. Written on either side of the doors behind them is "Transport TRWR 2".

West Yorkshire Regiment

13 members of the The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). The soldier on the far right was lucky or unlucky depending on how you look at it. He was wounded twice (unlucky) but is still fit for duty (lucky).

Sherwood Foresters

20 of the 33 battalions raised by the Sherwood Foresters served overseas so there is a 60% chance that this soldier saw action. This photo was taken by R. Liddle Elliott of New Washington.

Shorncliffe Camp

This photo was taken by G. Marsh of Folkestone. The Canadians trained at Shorncliffe Camp there.