cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjzm6.2
title: Envelope addressed to Frank Dowdeswell from E. Pritchard (2)

description: This is an envelope which was originally sent by Ethel Pritchard to her sweetheart Frank Dowdeswell, 7th Batt. Buffs Reg.t, B. E. Force, France - but which has been re-directed to numerous military hospitals in England, including Cheltenham where Ethel and Frank lived. The dates on the postmarks are from August-September 1918.

Ethel and Frank were the parents of Pam Hyett.

Part of a collection relating to the service of Frank (7th Buffs) and Bob (Army Service Corps) Dowdeswell, of Shaw Green, Prestbury, nr Cheltenham. Bob died in April 1917 after a lorry accident.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiannge.2
title: Embroidered card 'Love and best wishes from Sheerness' (1)

description: Sent by Frank Dowdeswell to his sister.

Part of a collection relating to the service of Frank (7th Buffs) and Bob (Army Service Corps) Dowdeswell, of Shaw Green, Prestbury, nr Cheltenham. Bob died in April 1917 after a lorry accident.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianrd38.2
title: New Testament (1)

description: Pocket New Testament, name inscribed inside is Pte Frank George Dowdeswell, 13550 8th Gloucestershire Regiment. Pressed flowers were inserted between the pages.

Part of a collection relating to the service of Frank (7th Buffs) and Bob (Army Service Corps) Dowdeswell, of Shaw Green, Prestbury, nr Cheltenham. Bob died in April 1917 after a lorry accident.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianz37.1
title: Ministry of Pensions Letter to the widow of William Ernest Moon

description: Letter from the Ministry of Pensions to the widow of Willam Moon, regarding the payment of her Widow's Pension. Mrs. Moon had six children (one posthumous, born in January 1918: her husband died in October, 1917). The eldest girl, Lilian, left school and went to work to help support her siblings. 

Editor's Comment:
Airman 1st Class 18772 William Ernest Moon, Royal Flying Corps, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, died on 11th October 1917, and is buried in Alexandrian (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetary.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian27wf.1
title: Photograph of wounded soldiers, including George Clifford, Gloucestershire Regiment.

description: The arrow drawn on the photograph points to Private George Thomas Frederick Clifford of Cheltenham.
The archives of the 'Glosters' were destroyed by fire in the Second World War, unable to give any other information.

Editor's Comment:
Wounded men pictured in Service Dress or 'Hospital Blues', with a variety of headwear (including Scottish 'Tam O'Shanters') and Regimental capbadges (Machine Gun Corps, Royal Artillery, Rifle Corps, Fusiliers, Notts and Derby Regiment, etc.). Note that the man standing to the right of Pte. Clifford is a soldier of the Australian Imperial Force, and that the man seated, third from left, has somehow acquired a French 'Adrian' helmet.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian29ft.2
title: Embroidered hanky 'A kiss from France'

description: Part of a collection relating to the service of Frank (7th Buffs) and Bob (Army Service Corps) Dowdeswell, of Shaw Green, Prestbury, nr Cheltenham. Bob died in April 1917 after a lorry accident.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2j12.1
title: Official Notification of death of Bertie Huggins

description: Bertie worked as a baker in Norwich at Bassinwaith's Stores and at other locations. At his time of conscription he was baking in the Suffolk village of Rickinghall, he left behind five children. The youngest was due to be Christened on his father's next leave. My aunt told me that my grandmother was holding the baby, when she received the notification of her husband's death, she passed the baby to her daughter and fainted. 

Editor's Comment:
Pte. G/53202 Bertie Robert Huggins, 20th (3rd Public Schools) Bn. Royal Fusiliers,  killed in action 16th April 1917, is buried in Heninel-Croisilles Road Cemetery. The 20th Bn. formed part of the 33rd Division, which attacked through Heninel from 15th April 1917, taking part in the Battle of Arras.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6ams.1
title: Autograph Book of QMAAC Wkr Margaret McElligott

description: This a collection of selected pages from my grandmother Margaret McElligott's WW1 autograph book. Many of the entries were created while she was a member of the QMAAC.

Editor's Comment:
Worker 46075 Margaret McElligott, Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, served in England and at depots in France. 

Places mentioned by signatories:
St. Justin
Boussogne
Abbeville
Granville
(Le) Havre
Folkstone

Units, forces, ships of signatories:
13th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
13th Bn. London Regiment
The Black Watch
9th Bn. Royal Sussex
Canadian Expeditionary Force
American Expeditionary Force
British Expeditionary Force
H.M.S. "Landrail"
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6dnk.2
title: Postcard of a painting of a child and a dog 'Two of our brave English terriers'

description: Part of a collection relating to the service of Frank (7th Buffs) and Bob (Army Service Corps) Dowdeswell, of Shaw Green, Prestbury, nr Cheltenham. Bob died in April 1917 after a lorry accident.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6lh5.2
title: Embroidered postcard 'To My Dear Mother' (2)

description: Sent by Frank Dowdeswell.

Part of a collection relating to the service of Frank (7th Buffs) and Bob (Army Service Corps) Dowdeswell, of Shaw Green, Prestbury, nr Cheltenham. Bob died in April 1917 after a lorry accident.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6t4u.2
title: Postcard of the first verse of the National Anthem, 1914 (2)

description: Postcard sent by Frank Dowdeswell to his mother.

Part of a collection relating to the service of Frank (7th Buffs) and Bob (Army Service Corps) Dowdeswell, of Shaw Green, Prestbury, nr Cheltenham. Bob died in April 1917 after a lorry accident.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8om7.1
title: Newspaper cutting relating to the death of Harry Rawson

description: Harry Rawson , my first cousin twice removed.  A cutting from a newspaper of his death from cerebra spinal meningitis 7/8/1917 is attached.  Born 1888  Rochdale, Lancashire.
1901  Residence  12 Lord Street, Whitworth, Rochdale, Lancashire.

War Service - Private, Lancashire Fusiliers, 20th Battalion.  Service No. 25248.

Also the newspaper cutting reporting the death of Harry's father, William Rawson, who died shortly before Harry.  How sad for his wife Eliza to lose her husband, then her younger son in the same year.  Harry had a brother, Herbert, born 1884, who was also in the war.

Editor's Comment:
Pte. Harry Rawson is buried in Bray Military Cemetery.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8p44.2
title: Postcard of the first verse of the National Anthem, 1914 (1)

description: Postcard sent by Frank Dowdeswell to his mother.

Part of a collection relating to the service of Frank (7th Buffs) and Bob (Army Service Corps) Dowdeswell, of Shaw Green, Prestbury, nr Cheltenham. Bob died in April 1917 after a lorry accident.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand12j.2
title: Postcard of Reservist Memorial, Queen's Park, Crewe (1)

description: Postcard from Win (E.L.M. Dowdeswell) to her future sister-in-law Ethel Pritchard (sweetheart of Frank Dowdeswell). Postcard posted from Cheltenham.

Part of a collection relating to the service of Frank (7th Buffs) and Bob (Army Service Corps) Dowdeswell, of Shaw Green, Prestbury, nr Cheltenham. Bob died in April 1917 after a lorry accident.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand4gq.1
title: Modern photographs and commemorative information of Bertie Huggins Grave

description: Bertie worked as a baker in Norwich at Bassinwaith's Stores and at other locations. At his time of conscription he was baking in the Suffolk village of Rickinghall, he left behind five children. The youngest was due to be Christened on his father's next leave. My aunt told me that my grandmother was holding the baby, when she received the notification of her husband's death, she passed the baby to her daughter and fainted.

Editor's Comment:
Pte. G/53202 Bertie Robert Huggins, 20th (3rd Public Schools) Bn. Royal Fusiliers, killed in action 16th April 1917, is buried in Heninel-Croisilles Road Cemetery. The 20th Bn. formed part of the 33rd Division, which attacked through Heninel from 15th April 1917, taking part in the Battle of Arras.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandwno.2
title: Embroidered khaki hanky with a regiment badge

description: Sent from France by Frank Dowdeswell. Part of a collection relating to the service of Frank (7th Buffs) and Bob (Army Service Corps) Dowdeswell, of Shaw Green, Prestbury, nr Cheltenham. Bob died in April 1917 after a lorry accident.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjqgx.1
title: Letter from Lancelot Woodrow to his brother Willie

description: Lancelot Woodrow was not officially recorded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as he enlisted under his brother's name Bertie Woodrow. I have managed to establish that he now has been listed under his right name which took some time via e-mails to the Commission. I have been informed that his name will be added to the memorial when they next engrave there.

Editor's Comment:
Pte. 11107 Lancelot Sydney Woodrow (served as Bertie Reginald Woodrow), 1st Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers, killed in action 16th August 1917, is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. The 1st Bn., as part of the 29th Division, took part in the Battle of Langemarck, 16th-18th April 1917, the second phase of the Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Passchendaele).

Pte. 202136 Bertie Reginald Woodrow, 1st Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers, killed in action 11th April 1918, is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. The 1st Bn, as part of the 3rd Division, took part in the Battle of Estaires, repulsing the German 'Spring Offensive', 9th-11th April 1918 (opening of the Battle of the Lys).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjy2d.2
title: Postcard of Reservist Memorial, Queen's Park, Crewe (2)

description: Postcard from Win (E.L.M. Dowdeswell) to her future sister-in-law Ethel Pritchard (sweetheart of Frank Dowdeswell). Postcard posted from Cheltenham.

Part of a collection relating to the service of Frank (7th Buffs) and Bob (Army Service Corps) Dowdeswell, of Shaw Green, Prestbury, nr Cheltenham. Bob died in April 1917 after a lorry accident.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianliy.1
title: Letter from Albert Bromwich to his son

description: A letter written to be read to Gordon on his sixth birthday (23 July 1917) Albert died of wounds in France on 10th April 1918. Gordon kept this all his life, and I found it after he died in 1987.  

Editor's Comment:
His name is erroneously spelt 'Bromwick' on his medal card, held by the National Archives. 

Private 356170 Albert J. Bromwich, 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry, died of wounds 10th April 1918. The son of Oliver and Sarah Bromwich, of Two Mile Hill, Kingswood, Bristol, and husband of Beatrice Bromwich, of 533, Bath Rd., Brislington, Bristol, he is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianmfv.2
title: Embroidered postcard of the Army Service Corps cap badge

description: Part of a collection relating to the service of Frank (7th Buffs) and Bob (Army Service Corps) Dowdeswell, of Shaw Green, Prestbury, nr Cheltenham. Bob died in April 1917 after a lorry accident.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianrdhm.1
title: Embroidered postcard of Leonard Jackson

description: My Grandfather Leonard Jackson of Millbridge near Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, was killed on the 26th of September 1917, aged 28, at Passchendaele, Belgium. There is no grave as he was blown to pieces by a shell. His name is on the Tyne Cot memorial near Ypres.

He enlisted in June 1916, joining the Royal Welsh Fusiliers as he was working in Wales at the time. He was wounded in the leg in April 1917, but was sent back to the front after treatment.

He left behind a widow, Minnie, and three little girls; Ruby aged 2, Constance aged 4, and Evelyn Mavis, my mother, aged 6. Mother always remembered walking into town with him in his uniform on his last leave, and was very proud of him.

An example of a 'Silk', embroidered postcard. Nothing written on the back, but normally these would have been enclosed within letters.

Editor's Comment:
Embroidered postcard, 'Greeting from France', with flags of Allies above.

Pte. 54993 Leonard Jackson, 10th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, was killed on the opening day of the battle of Polygon Wood (the third phase of the third battle of Ypres), serving in the 3rd Division.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiantwa.1
title: Memorial card of Lancelot Woodrow

description: Lancelot Woodrow was not officially recorded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as he enlisted under his brother's name Bertie Woodrow. I have managed to establish that he now has been listed under his right name which took some time via e-mails to the Commission. I have been informed that his name will be added to the memorial when they next engrave there.

Editor's Comment:
Card from memorial service giving details of the fallen. Front inscription: 'He hath fought the good fight'. Poem to inside cover, begining 'Some day we hope to meet him'.

Pte. 11107 Lancelot Sydney Woodrow (served as Bertie Reginald Woodrow), 1st Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers, killed in action 16th August 1917, is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. The 1st Bn., as part of the 29th Division, took part in the Battle of Langemarck, 16th-18th April 1917, the second phase of the Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Passchendaele).

Pte. 202136 Bertie Reginald Woodrow, 1st Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers, killed in action 11th April 1918, is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. The 1st Bn, as part of the 3rd Division, took part in the Battle of Estaires, repulsing the German 'Spring Offensive', 9th-11th April 1918 (opening of the Battle of the Lys).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian1c1.1
title: Photographs of Cologne and British occupation

description: Photographs of British occupation of Cologne: a parade with bagpipers; general views of the city and cathedral; an Austin series 3 armoured car in a square. 

Part of the photograph and scrap album of Revd. Leonard Thomas Pearson, Army Chaplain's Department (attached No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station), discovered in a skip and deposited with the Bodlian Library. Revd. Pearson was interviewed by Lyn Macdonald for her book 'The Roses of No Man's Land', which contains two extracts and a photograph.

No. 44 Casulaty Clearing Station was located in Cologne from April, 1919.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2fqp.2
title: Photograph of the family of Private James Moore

description: Photograph of Private James Moore's wife (Elizabeth) and children, labeled "James, Elizabeth, George, Rose, Annie 1914". Part of a collection relating to James Moore.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2uih.1
title: Leter from Albert Bromwich to his wife

description: A letter written to Beatrice the night before he set out for France, found with his son Gordon's belongings after his death in 1987. It refers to a previous financial disaster in the family, and his own possible death. 

Editor's Comment:
His name is erroneously spelt 'Bromwick' on his medal card, held by the National Archives. 

Private 356170 Albert J. Bromwich, 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry, died of wounds 10th April 1918. The son of Oliver and Sarah Bromwich, of Two Mile Hill, Kingswood, Bristol, and husband of Beatrice Bromwich, of 533, Bath Rd., Brislington, Bristol, he is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2yc6.1
title: Official German Cards showing British POWs

description: Photographs of Prisoners Of War: group of British prisoners in Helmets outside a church (which could have been taken at any time from mid-1916); a mixed group of British and French prisoners being marched through a town by German guards (the French wear steel helmets, the Germans Pickelhauben, the British cloth headgear: given the relative dates of introduction of steel helmets, this photograph must have been taken in late 1915 - early 1916). 

Part of the photograph and scrap album of Revd. Leonard Thomas Pearson, Army Chaplain's Department (attached No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station), discovered in a skip and deposited with the Bodlian Library. Revd. Pearson was interviewed by Lyn Macdonald for her book 'The Roses of No Man's Land', which contains two extracts and a photograph.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6d2z.1
title: Photograph and postcard of Bailleul

description: Photographs of Bailleul showing damage casued by bombardment. The first heaving shelling of the town took place in July 1917. 

Part of the photograph and scrap album of Revd. Leonard Thomas Pearson, Army Chaplain's Department (attached No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station), discovered in a skip and deposited with the Bodlian Library. Revd. Pearson was interviewed by Lyn Macdonald for her book 'The Roses of No Man's Land', which contains two extracts and a photograph.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6ivl.2
title: Separation Allowance certificate for Elizabeth Moore

description: Separation Allowance and Allotment of Pay certificate for Elizabeth Moore, wife of Private James Moore of the 13th East Yorkshire Regiment. The certificate shows that she was entitled to claim the allowance from the post office at Hessle Road, Hull. Part of a collection relating to James Moore.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6snv.1
title: Various photographs and postcards of German 'Big Bertha' 15" Gun at Chuignes

description: Various photographs of a 15" naval gun (erroneously captioned 16") in static mounting at Chuignes, known as 'Big Bertha'. The Chuignes Gun was used to bombard Amiens, and was captured by the 1st Australian Division, having been destroyed by the Germans on 8th August 1918, to prevent it falling into Allied hands. The man posing for the camera in the barrel of the gun is Revd. Pearson.

Part of the photograph and scrap album of Revd. Leonard Thomas Pearson, Army Chaplain's Department (attached No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station), discovered in a skip and deposited with the Bodlian Library. Revd. Pearson was interviewed by Lyn Macdonald for her book 'The Roses of No Man's Land', which contains two extracts and a photograph.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8gnw.1
title: German artillery panorama, Vermelles

description: German artillery panorama centred on Vermelles. Pencil inscription reads 'Taken by L. T. P. from the body of a dead German. The war front from the German position'. 

Part of the photograph and scrap album of Revd. Leonard Thomas Pearson, Army Chaplain's Department (attached No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station), discovered in a skip and deposited with the Bodlian Library. Revd. Pearson was interviewed by Lyn Macdonald for her book 'The Roses of No Man's Land', which contains two extracts and a photograph.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8xv9.2
title: Book of descendants for James Moore

description: First page of a document headed "Book of Descendants" for Private James Moore and family, giving details of marriages, children, employment, known addresses, and so forth. Part of a collection relating to James Moore.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandda8.2
title: Photograph of George Moore

description: Photograph of George Moore, son of Private James Moore and his wife Elizabeth. The photograph is undated, but appears to have been taken some years after his father's death in 1917. Part of a collection relating to James Moore.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandho9.1
title: Christmas Card, 1918

description: Christmas card, 1918. Reads '351 Siege Battery R. G. A., Xmas 1918, "Die Wacht am Rhein"'. Silhouette of gunners serving an Artillery piece. 

Part of the photograph and scrap album of Revd. Leonard Thomas Pearson, Army Chaplain's Department (attached No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station), discovered in a skip and deposited with the Bodlian Library. Revd. Pearson was interviewed by Lyn Macdonald for her book 'The Roses of No Man's Land', which contains two extracts and a photograph.

No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station was located in Namur over Christmas, 1918.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandt6y.2
title: Photograph of Annie Moore

description: Photograph of Annie Moore, daughter of Private James Moore and his wife Elizabeth. Part of a collection relating to James Moore.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandw2p.1
title: Photographs of 44 Casualty Clearing Station

description: Photographs of 44 Casualty Clearing Station: the tented camp; groups of Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service; the Orderly Room staff; surgical / dressing teams of the Royal Army Medical Corps. One man wears Overseas Service Chevrons, dating this set of photographs to 1918 or later.  

Part of the photograph and scrap album of Revd. Leonard Thomas Pearson, Army Chaplain's Department (attached No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station), discovered in a skip and deposited with the Bodlian Library. Revd. Pearson was interviewed by Lyn Macdonald for her book 'The Roses of No Man's Land', which contains two extracts and a photograph:

"I spent most of my time giving anaesthetics.  I had no right to be doing this, of course, but we were simply so rushed.  We couldn't get the wounded into the hospital quickly enough, and the journey from the battlefields was terrible for these poor lads.  It was a question of operating as quickly as possible.  If they had had to wait their turn in the normal way....... it would have been too late for many of them.  As it was, many died............I did a lot of stretcher carrying and helped to strip the men of their filthy uniforms.  We had to cut them off with scissors, and there were some nights that we cut until our fingers were raw.  We had over a thousand beds and that simply wasn't enough.  We had to keep the worst cases and send anyone who could possibly travel down to the base." 

No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station was located at the following sites during the war: Puchevillers, August 1916 - March 1917; Brandhoek, March 1917 - September 1917 (possibly Colincamps, March - May 1917); Nine Elms, September 1917 - March 1918; Arneke, April 1918 - May 1918; Berque, May 1918 - October 1918; Brielen, October 1918 - November 1918; From November 1918 to December 1918 the Station was frequently moved from Belgium to Northern France and back again, before settling in Namur from December 1918, finally moving to Cologne in April 1919.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj25w.2
title: Certificate of baptism for George Moore

description: Certificate of baptism for George Moore, son of Private James Moore and his wife Elizabeth. The baptism took place on 19th November 1911, at the Seamen's and Fishermen's Bethel, Hessle Road, Hull. The certificate also gives George's birth date as on 5th November 1911. Part of a collection relating to James Moore.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj76h.2
title: Certificate of baptism for Annie Moore

description: Certificate of baptism for Annie Moore, daughter of Private James Moore and his wife Elizabeth. The certificate, which is "a true Copy from the Primitive Methodist Register Book of Baptisms at Hessle Road Church in Hull", is dated 3rd July 1916, but the baptism itself took place on 17th October 1909, and Annie was born on 2nd October 1909. Part of a collection relating to James Moore.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjkol.1
title: Postcards of German graves at Citadel of Dinant

description: Photographs of Dinant: 'Monument erected over the Citadel at Dinant by the Germans to commemorate its capute in 1914. The graves of the German soldiers lie in three circles round the monument.' 

Part of the photograph and scrap album of Revd. Leonard Thomas Pearson, Army Chaplain's Department (attached No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station), discovered in a skip and deposited with the Bodlian Library. Revd. Pearson was interviewed by Lyn Macdonald for her book 'The Roses of No Man's Land', which contains two extracts and a photograph.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiankqn.2
title: Photograph of Private James Moore

description: Photograph of Private James Moore (Service Number 26421) of D Company, 13th East Yorkshire Regiment. Moore died on 2nd August 1917 at a casualty clearing station, from wounds received in action, and was buried in France in the Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension. Part of a collection relating to James Moore.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianze3.2
title: Letter from Private James Moore

description: Letter from Private James Moore to his wife and children, probably sent from France, about a month before he died from wounds received in action. Part of a collection relating to James Moore.