Collection of material gathered as part of the Days of Pride Project
Collection of material gathered as part of the Days of Pride Project
In addition to recording memories of World War One the Days of Pride project also gathered additional material. This includes slides, photographs and documents. In particular photographs of the Manoeuvres in Wolverton in 1913 were collected.
Extent
62 Slides; 52 documents; 11 photographs
Reference number
DOP/003
Records in this Group
Black and white slide of Private William Crave in uniform. Taken from a portrait photograph.
Black and white slide of Sergeant Alfred Meacham in uniform. Taken from a portrait photograph.
Black and white slide of Private Leonard Butcher in uniform. Taken from a portrait photograph.
Black and white slide of Private James H. Butcher in uniform. Taken from a portrait photograph.
Black and white slide of Bucks Territorials in France. Includes Smith, Coles, Joe Scaggs and George Odell.
Black and white slide of Jack, Viva and Len Tilley in Wolverton Secondary School uniform.
Colour slide of an Army recruiting poster. It consists of the face and arm of Lord Kitchener pointing out of the poster with the text ‘BRITONS ‘[Lord Kitchener]wants you’ JOIN YOUR COUNTRY’S ARMY! GOD SAVE THE KING’
Colour slide of an Army recruiting poster. It consists of a man sat in an armchair with his daughter on his lap and his son playing at his feet. The text reads ‘Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great War?’
Colour slide of a First World War greetings card. It consists of Pansies and Ivy with a heart shaped picture of a boat on a river. The text reads ‘FOR KING AND COUNTRY WITH FOND LOVE TO MY DEAR BOY. DEAR BOY I’D LOVE TO FEEL YOUR ARMS ENFOLD ME IN EMBRACE, ...
Colour slide of Hawtin Mundy, possibly in a living room.
Colour slide of a sculpture of the head and shoulders of Hawtin Mundy, possibly by Scott Forrest.
Photocopy of a Christmas card. On the front is ‘XMAS, 1916’. and a picture of a cat sat in front of a fire. On the reverse of the card is ‘A ‘XMAS WISH.’ with a three verse poem written by the New Body Shop men at Wolverton.
Christmas card with a sad German soldier and a happy British soldier, the text is ‘Xmas 1916 FROM the 41st DIVN Hoping You will “Capture” All the Seasons Pleasure’. The reverse is plain with the message ‘with all my love, Darling Jack’
Photocopy of a map of the front lines near Ploegsteert. The enemy lines have been drawn on and the Ploegsteert woods outlined. The Bucks graves for the 1st battalion and Albert’s Billet and Grave have been marked. At the top is says ‘HAWTIN MUNDY & ALBERT FRENCH WERE HERE’.
Photocopy of a notice given to all soldiers from Field Marshal Kitchener. It was given to all soldiers before they were sent abroad and talks about their conduct.
Document in a blue plastic folder. Covers topics such as justice; conscription; conscientious objectors and women in relation to the First World War. It includes extracts from poems, plays, posters; letters and diary entries from this period or written about it.
Transcript of recordings Hawtin Mundy made of his childhood, covering his birth; school years; religion; working as a butchers boy and at Wolverton Works.
Black and white photograph of a soldier and three men with bicycles. There are three soldiers and a boy behind them and another solder sat on a bucket behind a table. On the reverse is a stamp ‘COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH THE BEDFORDSHIRE TIMES 22 MILL STREET BEDFORD TELEPHONE 52285 (6 LINES) SERIAL NO.’
Black and white photograph of seven soldiers stood in a line stood in front of a truck. On the reverse is a stamp ‘COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH THE BEDFORDSHIRE TIMES 22 MILL STREET BEDFORD TELEPHONE 52285 (6 LINES) SERIAL NO.’
Black and white photograph of a machine gun team, part of the manoeuvres in Wolverton in 1913.
Black and white photograph of six soldiers in a car with another stood behind it. There are three more in the background. On the reverse is a stamp ‘COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH THE BEDFORDSHIRE TIMES 22 MILL STREET BEDFORD TELEPHONE 52285 (6 LINES) SERIAL NO.’
Black and white photograph of a soldier stood with a line of gun carriages.
Very faded photograph of a small boy and girl in smart clothes holding hands on a path outside a house. The photograph is mounted on brown card with ‘A. Bartholomew GREAT LINFORD NEWPORT PAGNELL’
Photocopy of black and white photograph of Jack, Viva and Len Tilley in Wolverton Secondary School uniform.
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