Thursday, May 31, 2012

Royal Engineer

Photograph by Harvey & Co in the village of Liss. Taken October 3rd, 1916

Two from the same studio


These two soldiers look so much alike they might be brothers. I also think that this may be from the same studio as posted here. All of the negatives were marked in the upper left corner with an inventory number. Neither of these cards are marked with the studio name so I can't be sure.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Five of the nibs


Five members of the Royal Army Medical Corps while in France.
Nibs being English slang. A mock title for a self-important man. Here we have five of them.

Monday, May 28, 2012

Columbia, South Carolina


Two from The Capitol Studio in Columbia, South Carolina. These soldiers would have been training at Camp Jackson which when opened was called the Sixth National Cantonment.

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Dear Laura


Three members of the Corps of Royal Engineers in Farnham which the writer misspells as Frankham. He also writes he is leaving "to go under canas again". I believe he meant he is going under canvas or moving to a tent.

Friday, May 25, 2012

55th Bakery Section

By November 1918 the Army Service Corps was supplying 90,000,000 pounds of bread a month to the Western Front. These 6 bakers had their picture taken at W Page & Co. in Shoreham-by-Sea.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Four Portraits




No connection between these four portraits other than the similar style. Two of these soldiers served in the Royal Field Artillery.