cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian512.2
title: "A Soldier's Story" kept throughout war by Sapper E. Grantham (1)

description: Editor's Comment:
Sapper 146217 Ernest Grantham, 156th Field Company, Royal Engineers. The 156th Field Coy. were attached to the 16th (Irish) Division.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian61e3.2
title: Letters from United Confectionery Co. Ltd. to Sergeant R. W. Redhead (3)

description: Two typewritten letters from United Confectionery Co. Ltd. (signed by A. J. Chapman) to Sergeant Ralph William Redhead (sic), sent when he was in hospital recovering from being wounded in the arm. The second letter is a copy of an earlier missive which was enclosed with the first. The letters mention tins of acid drops which the company is sending to Redhead's battalion, and the second letter promises to send him one in hospital. Part of a collection relating to Ralph William Readhead of the 4th East Yorks.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian61ji.2
title: Photograph of British heavy artillery being towed through French town by tractor

description: British heavy artillery in train towed by military tractor.

Editor's Comment:
A 9.2 inch Howitzer, pulled by a Holt tractor.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian67db.2
title: Letter, Photograph and newspaper clipping relating to William Burgon (7)

description: Letter to 'Pat' from William Burgon; completed over two weeks.
1914 Photo, William is on the right
Newspaper reporting Williams death and a photo, he is second from the right.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian69sq.2
title: Percy Watson (18)

description: Attached are photographs of Corporal Percy Watson, who originally enlisted with the 7th Battlion, Mancheser Regiment and then was merged into the East Lancashire Regiment towards the end of the war. The 7th Manchester Regiment was a Terattorial Regiment and as Percy was a butcher by trade, it is believed that he was the Butcher to the regiment. 

Percy was born on the 27th August 1888 in Burnley to Alfred Watson and Ellen Walters. He married Bertha Lakin on the 16th November 1908 in Chorlton cum Hardy, Manchester. They had two children, Stanley, born in 1909 and Marjorie born in 1912. She is still alive but has limited memories of her father as she was six at the time of his death. 

Attached are letters to his wife Bertha, including one written the day he was killed. 

There is a detailed letter stating how Percy was killed, his death certificate, letters from the Commonwealth War Graves on both his burial and re burial and a very heartfelt letter written in August 1918 where he is clearly very certain that he will die in the trenches. 

There are also postcards from Percy's children and his wife for his birthday. These have shrapnel holes through them as he had them on his person when he was killed. Pictures are also attached of Percy and his family
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6bm3.2
title: Ox and Bucks Light Infantry (2)
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6c2.2
title: Letter from Eric Halse concerning the Dardenelles (1)

description: The letter is a hand written transcript of Eric's letter to his future wife, Annie Bell (Betty) and this transcript was in an envelope addressed to Miss Halse, 63 Bromham Rd., Bedford.  It was not sent by post, or sealed.  Miss Halse was Lillian Halse, sister to Sir Reginald Charles Halse, Archbishop of Brisbane.  The connection with Eric Halse is not certain.  Born in Johannesburg in 1898, Eric Halse came to Bedford with his parents as a boy and was educated at Bedford Grammar School.  After leaving the school in 1913 he joined the Artists Rifles, a territorial unit, and on the outbreak of war was commissioned with the East Yorkshire Regiment.   During the 1914-1918 War he served at the Dardanelles and in France.  Towards the end of the war he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps.  He died in 1963.

Editor's Comment:
Lt. (later Capt.) Eric A. Halse, 6th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment. The 6th Bn formed part of the 11th (Northern) Division, and landed at Suvla Bay on the 6th August, 1915, evacuating the Gallipoli Peninsula on the 21st December 1915.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6c6p.2
title: W.R. Blore RAMC outside his dugout

description: This is the photograph of my father Dr W.R Blore M.C. RAMC which is referred to in his letters. The dugout is actually sketched out in one letter, and he describes the chair which is visible - that was actually shipped over from England in his luggage. Also described in the letter is his 'washing', which is probably the Kapoc sleeping bag hanging on the bushes. He describes the waterproof cover on the left of the photos and the location and direction of the ditches designed to keep his dug-out dry. The film was developed in Cairo in January 1916, and this photo was probably taken about August-October 1915 at Suvla Bay. Also part of this collection are all Blore's letters home, his notebooks from his service as a doctor at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, and on the Western Front - as well as his sleeping bag and many other artefacts.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6f2n.2
title: Autograph book from Didcot relating to Kenneth Tallett and Family (4)

description: The autograph book contains cartoons and poems relating to the Tallett family. Kenneth Tallett who survived the war and his brother Horace James Tallett of the King's Royal Rifles who died a trench during the Battle of Arras. The autograph book was submitted with a series of photgraphs by their son Jim Tallett.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6ia8.2
title: Mercantile Marine and War Medals of John Leask

description: My Grandfather John Leask served aboard H.M.H.S. 'China' during the 1st World War as a Helmsman (Quartermaster.)
From November 1914 'China' served as a Hospital Ship in and took part at the Battle of Jutland, where smaller Hospital Ships were used to collect casualties from the fighting ships and transfer them to the larger Hospital Ships in the Firth of Forth.
As Helmsman he was in charge of one of the launches and rescued the casualties of battle, amongst whom were some Germans. This did not surprise us as before the war he served in the Merchant Navy and had made several trips to Hamburg, where he made good friends with a German family who visited his family home in Leith. 

Mercantile Marine War Medal and British War Medal with ribbons.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6w7n.2
title: Photograph of Pte. Day, killed by a shell with Seven Comrades (2)

description: Private Day was killed together with sixteen of his AIF comrades during the German Spring Offensive of 1918 (Operation Michael - Kaiserschlacht) when a shell burst directly overhead killing seven of them instantly. Their names appear on seven Headstones in a single row side by side.

The legend on these seven headstones at St. Pol British Cemetery in St.Pol-Sur-Ternoise Northern France, just 20 miles from Arras, reads:

Believed to be buried in this Cemetery

Editor's Comment:
Pte. 925 Herbert William Day, 58th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F., was killed in action 27th March 1918, aged 23. 

According to the Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau files, Pte. Day was killed during heavy calibre shelling of a train, which had been carrying his battalion to Doullens, outside St. Pol station.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian82ai.2
title: Percy Watson (21)

description: Attached are photographs of Corporal Percy Watson, who originally enlisted with the 7th Battlion, Mancheser Regiment and then was merged into the East Lancashire Regiment towards the end of the war. The 7th Manchester Regiment was a Terattorial Regiment and as Percy was a butcher by trade, it is believed that he was the Butcher to the regiment. 

Percy was born on the 27th August 1888 in Burnley to Alfred Watson and Ellen Walters. He married Bertha Lakin on the 16th November 1908 in Chorlton cum Hardy, Manchester. They had two children, Stanley, born in 1909 and Marjorie born in 1912. She is still alive but has limited memories of her father as she was six at the time of his death. 

Attached are letters to his wife Bertha, including one written the day he was killed. 

There is a detailed letter stating how Percy was killed, his death certificate, letters from the Commonwealth War Graves on both his burial and re burial and a very heartfelt letter written in August 1918 where he is clearly very certain that he will die in the trenches. 

There are also postcards from Percy's children and his wife for his birthday. These have shrapnel holes through them as he had them on his person when he was killed. Pictures are also attached of Percy and his family
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8c7c.2
title: Photograph of Pte. Day, killed by a shell with Seven Comrades (1)

description: Private Day was killed together with sixteen of his AIF comrades during the German Spring Offensive of 1918 (Operation Michael - Kaiserschlacht) when a shell burst directly overhead killing seven of them instantly. Their names appear on seven Headstones in a single row side by side.

The legend on these seven headstones at St. Pol British Cemetery in St.Pol-Sur-Ternoise Northern France, just 20 miles from Arras, reads:

Believed to be buried in this Cemetery

Editor's Comment:
Pte. 925 Herbert William Day, 58th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F., was killed in action 27th March 1918, aged 23. 

According to the Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau files, Pte. Day was killed during heavy calibre shelling of a train, which had been carrying his battalion to Doullens, outside St. Pol station.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8k2c.2
title: Autograph book from Didcot relating to Kenneth Tallett and Family (3)

description: The autograph book contains cartoons and poems relating to the Tallett family. Kenneth Tallett who survived the war and his brother Horace James Tallett of the King's Royal Rifles who died a trench during the Battle of Arras. The autograph book was submitted with a series of photgraphs by their son Jim Tallett.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8msg.2
title: Percy Watson (17)

description: Attached are photographs of Corporal Percy Watson, who originally enlisted with the 7th Battlion, Mancheser Regiment and then was merged into the East Lancashire Regiment towards the end of the war. The 7th Manchester Regiment was a Terattorial Regiment and as Percy was a butcher by trade, it is believed that he was the Butcher to the regiment. 

Percy was born on the 27th August 1888 in Burnley to Alfred Watson and Ellen Walters. He married Bertha Lakin on the 16th November 1908 in Chorlton cum Hardy, Manchester. They had two children, Stanley, born in 1909 and Marjorie born in 1912. She is still alive but has limited memories of her father as she was six at the time of his death. 

Attached are letters to his wife Bertha, including one written the day he was killed. 

There is a detailed letter stating how Percy was killed, his death certificate, letters from the Commonwealth War Graves on both his burial and re burial and a very heartfelt letter written in August 1918 where he is clearly very certain that he will die in the trenches. 

There are also postcards from Percy's children and his wife for his birthday. These have shrapnel holes through them as he had them on his person when he was killed. Pictures are also attached of Percy and his family
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8qud.2
title: Ox and Bucks Light Infantry (1)
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8rdd.2
title: Letters from United Confectionery Co. Ltd. to Sergeant R. W. Redhead (2)

description: Two typewritten letters from United Confectionery Co. Ltd. (signed by A. J. Chapman) to Sergeant Ralph William Redhead (sic), sent when he was in hospital recovering from being wounded in the arm. The second letter is a copy of an earlier missive which was enclosed with the first. The letters mention tins of acid drops which the company is sending to Redhead's battalion, and the second letter promises to send him one in hospital. Part of a collection relating to Ralph William Readhead of the 4th East Yorks.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8rjb.2
title: Photograph of Indian Army soldiers

description: Indian army soldiers in the Middle East.

Editor's Comment:
Note the long 'Kurta' jackets.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8tds.2
title: Letter, Photograph and newspaper clipping relating to William Burgon (6)

description: Letter to 'Pat' from William Burgon; completed over two weeks.
1914 Photo, William is on the right
Newspaper reporting Williams death and a photo, he is second from the right.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8xa6.2
title: Group photograph of crew of H.M.H.S. 'China', including John Leask (2)

description: My Grandfather John Leask served aboard H.M.H.S. 'China' during the 1st World War as a Helmsman (Quartermaster.)
From November 1914 'China' served as a Hospital Ship in and took part at the Battle of Jutland, where smaller Hospital Ships were used to collect casualties from the fighting ships and transfer them to the larger Hospital Ships in the Firth of Forth.
As Helmsman he was in charge of one of the launches and rescued the casualties of battle, amongst whom were some Germans. This did not surprise us as before the war he served in the Merchant Navy and had made several trips to Hamburg, where he made good friends with a German family who visited his family home in Leith. 

My Grandfather is in the lower first row, right hand side.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand2w4.2
title: Silk Postcard from Arthur Cyril Gilman to his brother (1)

description: The postcard was sent from my Great Uncle Arthur Cyril Gilman, Lancashire Fusiliers to his brother Herbert living in Salford, Lancashire. My Great Uncle was wounded in action and awarded the Silver War Badge. The postcard is embroidered and shows the allied war flags and contains the message 'February 23rd 1916 France. Dear Bert, We have had a hard time last Saturday night. The Germans attacked us, but we stopped them.'
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand87k.2
title: Uncensored letter of P.C.Robertson (1)

description: 2nd Lt. P.C.Robertson never went on active service and his letters record a rather good time in his life.

Green Envelope containg an (uncensored) letter
Postcard
Letter from PC Robertson
Photo PC Robertson
Letter from his CO, Lancs. Fusiliers
Letter from PC Robertson
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianda5m.2
title: Photograph of british Officers exploring German trenches (1)

description: Photograph of British Officers exploring the German trenches during a lull in the German offences of spring 1918.

Editor's Comment:
Obviously taken in a position of relative safety, as none wear helmets.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandakt.2
title: Letters from United Confectionery Co. Ltd. to Sergeant R. W. Redhead (4)

description: Two typewritten letters from United Confectionery Co. Ltd. (signed by A. J. Chapman) to Sergeant Ralph William Redhead (sic), sent when he was in hospital recovering from being wounded in the arm. The second letter is a copy of an earlier missive which was enclosed with the first. The letters mention tins of acid drops which the company is sending to Redhead's battalion, and the second letter promises to send him one in hospital. Part of a collection relating to Ralph William Readhead of the 4th East Yorks.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandevb.2
title: Group photograph of crew of H.M.H.S. 'China', including John Leask (1)

description: My Grandfather John Leask served aboard H.M.H.S. 'China' during the 1st World War as a Helmsman (Quartermaster.)
From November 1914 'China' served as a Hospital Ship in and took part at the Battle of Jutland, where smaller Hospital Ships were used to collect casualties from the fighting ships and transfer them to the larger Hospital Ships in the Firth of Forth.
As Helmsman he was in charge of one of the launches and rescued the casualties of battle, amongst whom were some Germans. This did not surprise us as before the war he served in the Merchant Navy and had made several trips to Hamburg, where he made good friends with a German family who visited his family home in Leith. 

My Grandfather is in the lower first row, right hand side.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandkxf.2
title: Letter, Photograph and newspaper clipping relating to William Burgon (4)

description: Letter to 'Pat' from William Burgon; completed over two weeks.
1914 Photo, William is on the right
Newspaper reporting Williams death and a photo, he is second from the right.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandniu.2
title: Letter, Photograph and newspaper clipping relating to William Burgon (10)

description: Letter to 'Pat' from William Burgon; completed over two weeks.
1914 Photo, William is on the right
Newspaper reporting Williams death and a photo, he is second from the right.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianduob.2
title: Autograph book from Didcot relating to Kenneth Tallett and Family (6)

description: The autograph book contains cartoons and poems relating to the Tallett family. Kenneth Tallett who survived the war and his brother Horace James Tallett of the King's Royal Rifles who died a trench during the Battle of Arras. The autograph book was submitted with a series of photgraphs by their son Jim Tallett.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandvgx.2
title: "A Soldier's Story" kept throughout war by Sapper E. Grantham (3)

description: Editor's Comment:
Sapper 146217 Ernest Grantham, 156th Field Company, Royal Engineers. The 156th Field Coy. were attached to the 16th (Irish) Division.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianfjd.2
title: Letter, Photograph and newspaper clipping relating to William Burgon (8)

description: Letter to 'Pat' from William Burgon; completed over two weeks.
1914 Photo, William is on the right
Newspaper reporting Williams death and a photo, he is second from the right.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiangim.2
title: Autograph book from Didcot relating to Kenneth Tallett and Family (1)

description: The autograph book contains cartoons and poems relating to the Tallett family. Kenneth Tallett who survived the war and his brother Horace James Tallett of the King's Royal Rifles who died a trench during the Battle of Arras. The autograph book was submitted with a series of photgraphs by their son Jim Tallett.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj6wu.2
title: Silk Postcard from Arthur Cyril Gilman to his brother (2)

description: The postcard was sent from my Great Uncle Arthur Cyril Gilman, Lancashire Fusiliers to his brother Herbert living in Salford, Lancashire. My Great Uncle was wounded in action and awarded the Silver War Badge. The postcard is embroidered and shows the allied war flags and contains the message 'February 23rd 1916 France. Dear Bert, We have had a hard time last Saturday night. The Germans attacked us, but we stopped them.'
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj8vi.2
title: Photograph of Pvt. Alick Milne  Cameron Highlanders (12)

description: He attended Watsons College; and died aged 18 at the battle of Loos 1915

Scrap book articles including a poem by Conen Doyle
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjfx1.2
title: Letter, Photograph and newspaper clipping relating to William Burgon (5)

description: Letter to 'Pat' from William Burgon; completed over two weeks.
1914 Photo, William is on the right
Newspaper reporting Williams death and a photo, he is second from the right.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjj7r.2
title: Uncensored letter of P.C.Robertson (3)

description: 2nd Lt. P.C.Robertson never went on active service and his letters record a rather good time in his life.

Green Envelope containg an (uncensored) letter
Postcard
Letter from PC Robertson
Photo PC Robertson
Letter from his CO, Lancs. Fusiliers
Letter from PC Robertson
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjm55.2
title: Photograph of british Officers exploring German trenches (2)

description: Photograph of British Officers exploring the German trenches during a lull in the German offences of spring 1918.

Editor's Comment:
Obviously taken in a position of relative safety, as none wear helmets.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjmkg.2
title: Photograph of German trench

description: German Trench, Western Front, 1914 - 1915.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjvia.2
title: Uncensored letter of P.C.Robertson (2)

description: 2nd Lt. P.C.Robertson never went on active service and his letters record a rather good time in his life.

Green Envelope containg an (uncensored) letter
Postcard
Letter from PC Robertson
Photo PC Robertson
Letter from his CO, Lancs. Fusiliers
Letter from PC Robertson
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianq94.2
title: Letter from United Confectionery Co. Ltd. to Sergeant R. W. Redhead

description: Typewritten letter to Sergeant Ralph William Redhead (sic) from the United Confectionery Co. Ltd., signed by R. H. Strickland, and sent accompanying a gift of a box of chocolate. Part of a collection relating to Ralph William Readhead of the 4th East Yorks.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianxc6.2
title: Percy Watson (19)

description: Attached are photographs of Corporal Percy Watson, who originally enlisted with the 7th Battlion, Mancheser Regiment and then was merged into the East Lancashire Regiment towards the end of the war. The 7th Manchester Regiment was a Terattorial Regiment and as Percy was a butcher by trade, it is believed that he was the Butcher to the regiment. 

Percy was born on the 27th August 1888 in Burnley to Alfred Watson and Ellen Walters. He married Bertha Lakin on the 16th November 1908 in Chorlton cum Hardy, Manchester. They had two children, Stanley, born in 1909 and Marjorie born in 1912. She is still alive but has limited memories of her father as she was six at the time of his death. 

Attached are letters to his wife Bertha, including one written the day he was killed. 

There is a detailed letter stating how Percy was killed, his death certificate, letters from the Commonwealth War Graves on both his burial and re burial and a very heartfelt letter written in August 1918 where he is clearly very certain that he will die in the trenches. 

There are also postcards from Percy's children and his wife for his birthday. These have shrapnel holes through them as he had them on his person when he was killed. Pictures are also attached of Percy and his family
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian22oc.2
title: Autograph book from Didcot relating to Kenneth Tallett and Family (10)

description: The autograph book contains cartoons and poems relating to the Tallett family. Kenneth Tallett who survived the war and his brother Horace James Tallett of the King's Royal Rifles who died a trench during the Battle of Arras. The autograph book was submitted with a series of photgraphs by their son Jim Tallett.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian27j6.2
title: Autograph book from Didcot relating to Kenneth Tallett and Family (13)

description: The autograph book contains cartoons and poems relating to the Tallett family. Kenneth Tallett who survived the war and his brother Horace James Tallett of the King's Royal Rifles who died a trench during the Battle of Arras. The autograph book was submitted with a series of photgraphs by their son Jim Tallett.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2hto.2
title: Photograph of German trench

description: German trench, Western Front, 1916. Note trench periscope.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2iyj.2
title: Letter from Eric Halse concerning the Dardenelles (10)

description: The letter is a hand written transcript of Eric's letter to his future wife, Annie Bell (Betty) and this transcript was in an envelope addressed to Miss Halse, 63 Bromham Rd., Bedford.  It was not sent by post, or sealed.  Miss Halse was Lillian Halse, sister to Sir Reginald Charles Halse, Archbishop of Brisbane.  The connection with Eric Halse is not certain.  Born in Johannesburg in 1898, Eric Halse came to Bedford with his parents as a boy and was educated at Bedford Grammar School.  After leaving the school in 1913 he joined the Artists Rifles, a territorial unit, and on the outbreak of war was commissioned with the East Yorkshire Regiment.   During the 1914-1918 War he served at the Dardanelles and in France.  Towards the end of the war he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps.  He died in 1963.

Editor's Comment:
Lt. (later Capt.) Eric A. Halse, 6th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment. The 6th Bn formed part of the 11th (Northern) Division, and landed at Suvla Bay on the 6th August, 1915, evacuating the Gallipoli Peninsula on the 21st December 1915.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2pu8.2
title: Uncensored letter of P.C.Robertson (7)

description: 2nd Lt. P.C.Robertson never went on active service and his letters record a rather good time in his life.

Green Envelope containg an (uncensored) letter
Postcard
Letter from PC Robertson
Photo PC Robertson
Letter from his CO, Lancs. Fusiliers
Letter from PC Robertson