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
Mounted sepia photograph of three rows of soldiers. The back row of 6 are standing , the middle row of 5 are sitting on chairs and the front row of 3 are sitting on the floor. They appear to be from a variety of corps as there are several different cap badges. ...
Copy of a group photograph of a military band. There are three rows, the back row of 11 are standing, the middle row of 8 are sat on chairs and the front row of 6 are sat on the floor. They all have their instruments. Two copies.
Black and white photograph of Hawtin Mundy. He is wearing a cap and is holding out his hands in front of him, his stick is resting on one hand. Possibly taken in a living room.
Script for ‘No Heroes, No Cowards’ an account of the effect of the First World War on two small towns and their inhabitants by Roger Kitchen. It includes extracts from oral history recording taken as part of the Days of Pride project
Copies of correspondence belonging to Hawtin Mundy including a copy of the letter from Field Marshall Kitchener to all soldiers to be kept in their pay book; a letter about the war pensions fund and personal letters sent from family members in 1917 and 1918 and grocery lists stamped by the War Pensions Fund, Oxfordshire ...
Transcripts of four letters sent to Lily Dytham from Trooper Reg Gordon Cox in 1916. He was in hospital and received eggs from Lily and they then began writing to each other.
Time line for the First World War from 1913 and the manoeuvres in Wolverton to 1919. Each entry includes a reference to the source of the information. There is also a list of incidents for each of the people who recorded their memories as part of the Days of Pride project and a ...
List of sources for the Days of Pride project for Armistice Day
Copy of a soldiers demobilization account (army form W5065) for Lance Corporal F. Gillard. It shows his earning and stoppages and payments. It comes to a total of £64 13s 10d and is dated 13 April 1913
Photocopy of two Christmas cards. The first has ‘FROM ALL FRIENDS AT WOLVERTON’ on the front and inside there is a union flag and a message from the ‘People of Wolverton’. It is dated 1918-1919. The second has a verse on the front ‘The fight is done. Grip hands. We greet you, ...
Photocopy of the ‘ROLL OF HONOUR OF ALL WOLVERTON MEN SERVING IN HIS MAJESTY’S FORCES. GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914-15 & 16’ 1st edition Feb.1916. Any men who served in the 1st Bucks have been underlined
Photocopy of the Order of Service for the Ceremony of Dedications and Unveiling of the Wolverton Memorial to the Fallen in the Great War 1914-18 on Sunday July 10th 1921
Photocopy of a programme for a concert held by the Wolverton Science and Art Institute. It is for a Grand Matinee and Evening Concert held on Thursday 8th April 1915 in aid of the Soldiers and Sailors Help Association and the local Belgian Refugee Fund
Photocopy of a programme for a concert held by the Wolverton Science and Art Institute. It is for a Grand Matinee and Evening Concert held on 27th April 1916 in aid of the Red Cross and Order of St John Fund and Lord Roberts Wounded Soldiers Memorial Fund
Photocopy of a programme for the Grand Musical Play ‘San Toy’ by the Wolverton Science and Art Institute in aid of the Wolverton Soldiers and Sailors Christmas Present Fund on 4th-8th December. Includes a letter from the joint secretaries inviting people to attend. The copies also include a notice for a Grand ...
Photocopy of a programme for an Empire Day concert on 24th May 1917 by the Science and Art Institute Wolverton in aid of the Red Cross and Order of St John Fund and to equip a VAD auxiliary hospital in Newport Pagnell
Photocopy of a programme for the 14th annual excursion for the employees of McCorquodales to Clacton-On-Sea on Saturday 13th July 1912
Photocopy of an invitation to the Tea and Christmas Tree, Science and Art Institute Wolverton on 27 December 1916 and two verses of Hearts of Oak possibly from the inside of a Christmas card and the top of an Invitation to the Wolverton Sailors and Soldiers Christmas event
Photocopy of the Christmas letter from the Hon. and Rev. W.T. Fiennes December 1909
Photocopy of a poem about the ambulance train at Wolverton by ‘Watcher’. It talks about the unveiling of an ambulance train at Wolverton Works and the class rivalries between the workers
Handwritten transcript of Alice Gear (nee Meacham) memories of the McCorquodales strike. She was 13 at the time. [Not believed to be in her handwriting]
Handwritten transcript of May Brooks (nee Dolling) memories of the McCorquodales strike. She was 16 at the time. [Not believed to be in her handwriting]
Handwritten transcript of Lily Dytham (nee Wilman) memories of the McCorquodales strike. She was 10 at the time. [Not believed to be in her handwriting]
Handwritten transcript of Jack Rowledge’s memories of the McCorquodales strike. He was 10 at the time. [Not believed to be in his handwriting]
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