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DOI: 10.5287/bodleian5jl.2
title: The Sketchbook of Percy Matthews (6)

description: Percy Matthews trained at the Ramsgate School of Art. During World War I Percy served on the Western Front as a Private in the Kentish Buffs, and later in Salonika as a Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment. It was in Salonika that he produced his remarkable sketches of scenes and characters from military and civilian life. His son Peter donated these sketches to the Imperial War Museum in 2007, which now holds the copyright on them.

List of items:
The Archbishop of the Bosphorus and his chaplain: two of the many civilian subjects of Percy's sketched portraits
Balloon article: a newspaper article about the shooting down of an enemy aircraft, which Percy depicted in the paintings Balloon 1 and Balloon 2.
Balloon 1: see Balloon article
Balloon 2: see Balloon article
Burial at night
Portrait of Chritov: possibly a Bulgarian prisoner-of-war
Circle Militaire: a group of officers from a number of countries, illustrating Salonika as a "melting pot" of nationalities during WWI.
Constantinople at night
Fun in the trenches: an ironic comment on going over the top
60-pound gun
Naval Gun
Infantry activity: another view of going over the top
Limber
Night firing
Night operations
Poilu: allied soldiers 
Portrait of a German PoW(?)
Portrait of a young Armenian. His family having been murdered by Turks, he was conscripted into the Bulgarian army and presumably was a PoW.
Portrait of a Bulgarian sergeant (named Georgi Gordanov?)
Portrait of Chisto Yosko Dimov (a Bulgarian PoW?)
Portrait of Panof A Pentoff (a Bulgarian PoW?) 
Portrait of a Bulgarian Signal Sergeant (name unclear)
Working in a Quarry
Miscellaneous sketches of soldiers and civilians
Portrait of a Turkish boy

Editor's Comment:
Pte. P S 1707 Percy G. Matthews, Middlesex Regiment, was later comissioned as a Lieutenant into the East Kent Regiment ('the Buffs').
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian66y7.2
title: The Sketchbook of Percy Matthews (1)

description: Percy Matthews trained at the Ramsgate School of Art. During World War I Percy served on the Western Front as a Private in the Kentish Buffs, and later in Salonika as a Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment. It was in Salonika that he produced his remarkable sketches of scenes and characters from military and civilian life. His son Peter donated these sketches to the Imperial War Museum in 2007, which now holds the copyright on them.

List of items:
The Archbishop of the Bosphorus and his chaplain: two of the many civilian subjects of Percy's sketched portraits
Balloon article: a newspaper article about the shooting down of an enemy aircraft, which Percy depicted in the paintings Balloon 1 and Balloon 2.
Balloon 1: see Balloon article
Balloon 2: see Balloon article
Burial at night
Portrait of Chritov: possibly a Bulgarian prisoner-of-war
Circle Militaire: a group of officers from a number of countries, illustrating Salonika as a "melting pot" of nationalities during WWI.
Constantinople at night
Fun in the trenches: an ironic comment on going over the top
60-pound gun
Naval Gun
Infantry activity: another view of going over the top
Limber
Night firing
Night operations
Poilu: allied soldiers 
Portrait of a German PoW(?)
Portrait of a young Armenian. His family having been murdered by Turks, he was conscripted into the Bulgarian army and presumably was a PoW.
Portrait of a Bulgarian sergeant (named Georgi Gordanov?)
Portrait of Chisto Yosko Dimov (a Bulgarian PoW?)
Portrait of Panof A Pentoff (a Bulgarian PoW?) 
Portrait of a Bulgarian Signal Sergeant (name unclear)
Working in a Quarry
Miscellaneous sketches of soldiers and civilians
Portrait of a Turkish boy

Editor's Comment:
Pte. P S 1707 Percy G. Matthews, Middlesex Regiment, was later comissioned as a Lieutenant into the East Kent Regiment ('the Buffs').
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6a5j.2
title: My Dear Ralph: Letters from a family at war 1914-1918 (6)

description: This is a scanned copy of the book "My Dear Ralph: Letters from a family at war 1914-1918" (1994) by Diana M. Scarisbrick. The books contains extracts from letters  to and from members of Ms. Scarisbrick's mother's family during the First World War. Many of the letters were collected and edited by her uncle, Fr. Ralph Bains, S.J., to which many of the letters were addressed.

Scarsbrick, D. M. (1994) "My Dear Ralph: Letters of a family at war 1914-1918" London: Minerva Press.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6c82.2
title: The Sketchbook of Percy Matthews (5)

description: Percy Matthews trained at the Ramsgate School of Art. During World War I Percy served on the Western Front as a Private in the Kentish Buffs, and later in Salonika as a Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment. It was in Salonika that he produced his remarkable sketches of scenes and characters from military and civilian life. His son Peter donated these sketches to the Imperial War Museum in 2007, which now holds the copyright on them.

List of items:
The Archbishop of the Bosphorus and his chaplain: two of the many civilian subjects of Percy's sketched portraits
Balloon article: a newspaper article about the shooting down of an enemy aircraft, which Percy depicted in the paintings Balloon 1 and Balloon 2.
Balloon 1: see Balloon article
Balloon 2: see Balloon article
Burial at night
Portrait of Chritov: possibly a Bulgarian prisoner-of-war
Circle Militaire: a group of officers from a number of countries, illustrating Salonika as a "melting pot" of nationalities during WWI.
Constantinople at night
Fun in the trenches: an ironic comment on going over the top
60-pound gun
Naval Gun
Infantry activity: another view of going over the top
Limber
Night firing
Night operations
Poilu: allied soldiers 
Portrait of a German PoW(?)
Portrait of a young Armenian. His family having been murdered by Turks, he was conscripted into the Bulgarian army and presumably was a PoW.
Portrait of a Bulgarian sergeant (named Georgi Gordanov?)
Portrait of Chisto Yosko Dimov (a Bulgarian PoW?)
Portrait of Panof A Pentoff (a Bulgarian PoW?) 
Portrait of a Bulgarian Signal Sergeant (name unclear)
Working in a Quarry
Miscellaneous sketches of soldiers and civilians
Portrait of a Turkish boy

Editor's Comment:
Pte. P S 1707 Percy G. Matthews, Middlesex Regiment, was later comissioned as a Lieutenant into the East Kent Regiment ('the Buffs').
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6k77.1
title: Army medical notifications concerning Charles Sydney Warwick

description: Army notifications of the admission of Charles Sydney Warwick, my great-grandfather, to hospitals in Abbeville and Abancourt, France, for treatment of 'muscular rheumatism'.

Editor's Comment:
Corporal 265460 Charles Sydney Warwick, Somerset Light Infantry.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6z1w.1
title: The search for 2nd Lt. John Hayes Fearnhead

description: Second Lieutenant John Hayes (Jack) Fearnhead of the 1/7 Btn. King's Liverpool Regiment.  Jack was my grandmother's sweetheart.  He was killed, aged just 21 on the 13 August, 1916 at Guillemont on the Somme.  His body was lost.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian82y3.2
title: Photograph of William Ville

description: This is a photo of my grandfather's brother William Ville who served in WWI. I know little about him apart from he survived the experience!

Editor's Comment:
Gunner 93193 William Ville, Royal Garrison Artillery
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian878r.2
title: The Sketchbook of Percy Matthews (4)

description: Percy Matthews trained at the Ramsgate School of Art. During World War I Percy served on the Western Front as a Private in the Kentish Buffs, and later in Salonika as a Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment. It was in Salonika that he produced his remarkable sketches of scenes and characters from military and civilian life. His son Peter donated these sketches to the Imperial War Museum in 2007, which now holds the copyright on them.

List of items:
The Archbishop of the Bosphorus and his chaplain: two of the many civilian subjects of Percy's sketched portraits
Balloon article: a newspaper article about the shooting down of an enemy aircraft, which Percy depicted in the paintings Balloon 1 and Balloon 2.
Balloon 1: see Balloon article
Balloon 2: see Balloon article
Burial at night
Portrait of Chritov: possibly a Bulgarian prisoner-of-war
Circle Militaire: a group of officers from a number of countries, illustrating Salonika as a "melting pot" of nationalities during WWI.
Constantinople at night
Fun in the trenches: an ironic comment on going over the top
60-pound gun
Naval Gun
Infantry activity: another view of going over the top
Limber
Night firing
Night operations
Poilu: allied soldiers 
Portrait of a German PoW(?)
Portrait of a young Armenian. His family having been murdered by Turks, he was conscripted into the Bulgarian army and presumably was a PoW.
Portrait of a Bulgarian sergeant (named Georgi Gordanov?)
Portrait of Chisto Yosko Dimov (a Bulgarian PoW?)
Portrait of Panof A Pentoff (a Bulgarian PoW?) 
Portrait of a Bulgarian Signal Sergeant (name unclear)
Working in a Quarry
Miscellaneous sketches of soldiers and civilians
Portrait of a Turkish boy

Editor's Comment:
Pte. P S 1707 Percy G. Matthews, Middlesex Regiment, was later comissioned as a Lieutenant into the East Kent Regiment ('the Buffs').
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8h73.1
title: British War and Victory Medals

description: British War and Victory Medals awarded to Charles Sydney Warwick, my great-grandfather, and Percy Maxwell, his brother-in-law, along with Charles Warwick's dog-tags. These were mounted in the box, along with a photograph of the Somerset Light Infantry, Charles Warwick's regiment, by my grandfather.

Editor's Comment:
Corporal 265460 Charles Sydney Warwick, Somerset Light Infantry.
Acting Corporal 49835 Percy Maxwell, Royal Flying Corps / Royal Air Force. Oddly, the medal card detailing his entitlement cannot be found in the records of the National Archives.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8o5h.2
title: My Dear Ralph: Letters from a family at war 1914-1918 (5)

description: This is a scanned copy of the book "My Dear Ralph: Letters from a family at war 1914-1918" (1994) by Diana M. Scarisbrick. The books contains extracts from letters  to and from members of Ms. Scarisbrick's mother's family during the First World War. Many of the letters were collected and edited by her uncle, Fr. Ralph Bains, S.J., to which many of the letters were addressed.

Scarsbrick, D. M. (1994) "My Dear Ralph: Letters of a family at war 1914-1918" London: Minerva Press.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianb5u.1
title: Photograph of Somerset Light Infantry

description: Charles Sydney Warwick, my great-grandfather, is in the back row, fourth in from the right.

Editor's Comment:
Corporal 265460 Charles Sydney Warwick, Somerset Light Infantry.
The picture probably dates to mid-1915, before the withdrawal of heavy machine guns from infantry battalions and after the introduction of the Lewis gun. Pictured are Maxim guns (on tripods) and the lighter, air-cooled Lewis gun (which the infantry would retain as their support weapon). The strange object in the middle of the picture is an Infantry range finder, which worked by measuring distances optically.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand4iw.2
title: Photograph of Sid Jeeves (1)

description: Photograph of Sid Jeeves (Service Number 93922) of the Royal Army Medical Corps, inscribed on the back "Yours ever Sid x". He was promoted to corporal in November 1914, and then to acting sergeant a week later, with the promotion being confirmed the following year. He contracted malaria in East Africa, and was subsequently appointed medical orderly on a ship (possibly a troop ship) sailing to Bombay. After six hours in Bombay, he was appointed to another ship sailing back to East Africa. Part of a collection relating to Sid Jeeves.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand8pi.1
title: Photographs of shell fuze door stop

description: British First World War No. 82 Fuze, made in the Royal Laboratories (Royal Arsenal at Woolwich) in 1911.  This type of time and percussion fuze, of which there were four marks, was used in conjunction with the 4.5 in Howitzer Shrapnel shell (this information kindly provided by Mr Martin Garnett of the Imperial War Museum, based on sight of the attached images).  

This artefact was prepared as a door stop by a great uncle (of the Gloucestershire Regiment) as a memento for my great grandmother.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandfxg.2
title: The Sketchbook of Percy Matthews (2)

description: Percy Matthews trained at the Ramsgate School of Art. During World War I Percy served on the Western Front as a Private in the Kentish Buffs, and later in Salonika as a Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment. It was in Salonika that he produced his remarkable sketches of scenes and characters from military and civilian life. His son Peter donated these sketches to the Imperial War Museum in 2007, which now holds the copyright on them.

List of items:
The Archbishop of the Bosphorus and his chaplain: two of the many civilian subjects of Percy's sketched portraits
Balloon article: a newspaper article about the shooting down of an enemy aircraft, which Percy depicted in the paintings Balloon 1 and Balloon 2.
Balloon 1: see Balloon article
Balloon 2: see Balloon article
Burial at night
Portrait of Chritov: possibly a Bulgarian prisoner-of-war
Circle Militaire: a group of officers from a number of countries, illustrating Salonika as a "melting pot" of nationalities during WWI.
Constantinople at night
Fun in the trenches: an ironic comment on going over the top
60-pound gun
Naval Gun
Infantry activity: another view of going over the top
Limber
Night firing
Night operations
Poilu: allied soldiers 
Portrait of a German PoW(?)
Portrait of a young Armenian. His family having been murdered by Turks, he was conscripted into the Bulgarian army and presumably was a PoW.
Portrait of a Bulgarian sergeant (named Georgi Gordanov?)
Portrait of Chisto Yosko Dimov (a Bulgarian PoW?)
Portrait of Panof A Pentoff (a Bulgarian PoW?) 
Portrait of a Bulgarian Signal Sergeant (name unclear)
Working in a Quarry
Miscellaneous sketches of soldiers and civilians
Portrait of a Turkish boy

Editor's Comment:
Pte. P S 1707 Percy G. Matthews, Middlesex Regiment, was later comissioned as a Lieutenant into the East Kent Regiment ('the Buffs').
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandmjg.1
title: Letter from Pte Sid Wray

description: Letter sent by Private Sid Wray from Curragh Camp to his pal Sid Morgan (my father) on the Somme, recalling good times past and complaining about the army life.  Pte Wray was later killed at Arras (see other items submitted).

Editor's Comment:
Pte. 23959 Sidney George Wray, C Squadron, 1st Troop, 16th Lancers, later transferred to the 1st Bn. East Surrey Regiment, taking a new regimental number (32541). Killed in action, 8th May 1917, aged 19. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on Bay 6 of the Arras Memorial. 

Driver 146147 S. Morgan, Royal Field Artillery, 23rd Division, served in No. 3 section, Divisional Ammunition Column, and later in V/23 Trench Mortar Battery.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandnun.1
title: Two aerial views of German positions

description: These aerial photographs were taken from an aeroplane. One shows a German hospital and the other the entrenched main square of a town.
the hospital photograph is marked ''L.Flt. A548. 45 NW. G 26 central'.28.10.18. 12.20".
The main square entrenchment photograph is marked ' L.Flt. A531. 44 SE. R19b. 28.10.18. 12.20".

Presumably these are number of photograph and the position and time taken.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandwe2.2
title: My Dear Ralph: Letters from a family at war 1914-1918 (9)

description: This is a scanned copy of the book "My Dear Ralph: Letters from a family at war 1914-1918" (1994) by Diana M. Scarisbrick. The books contains extracts from letters  to and from members of Ms. Scarisbrick's mother's family during the First World War. Many of the letters were collected and edited by her uncle, Fr. Ralph Bains, S.J., to which many of the letters were addressed.

Scarsbrick, D. M. (1994) "My Dear Ralph: Letters of a family at war 1914-1918" London: Minerva Press.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj5xq.2
title: The Sketchbook of Percy Matthews (3)

description: Percy Matthews trained at the Ramsgate School of Art. During World War I Percy served on the Western Front as a Private in the Kentish Buffs, and later in Salonika as a Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment. It was in Salonika that he produced his remarkable sketches of scenes and characters from military and civilian life. His son Peter donated these sketches to the Imperial War Museum in 2007, which now holds the copyright on them.

List of items:
The Archbishop of the Bosphorus and his chaplain: two of the many civilian subjects of Percy's sketched portraits
Balloon article: a newspaper article about the shooting down of an enemy aircraft, which Percy depicted in the paintings Balloon 1 and Balloon 2.
Balloon 1: see Balloon article
Balloon 2: see Balloon article
Burial at night
Portrait of Chritov: possibly a Bulgarian prisoner-of-war
Circle Militaire: a group of officers from a number of countries, illustrating Salonika as a "melting pot" of nationalities during WWI.
Constantinople at night
Fun in the trenches: an ironic comment on going over the top
60-pound gun
Naval Gun
Infantry activity: another view of going over the top
Limber
Night firing
Night operations
Poilu: allied soldiers 
Portrait of a German PoW(?)
Portrait of a young Armenian. His family having been murdered by Turks, he was conscripted into the Bulgarian army and presumably was a PoW.
Portrait of a Bulgarian sergeant (named Georgi Gordanov?)
Portrait of Chisto Yosko Dimov (a Bulgarian PoW?)
Portrait of Panof A Pentoff (a Bulgarian PoW?) 
Portrait of a Bulgarian Signal Sergeant (name unclear)
Working in a Quarry
Miscellaneous sketches of soldiers and civilians
Portrait of a Turkish boy

Editor's Comment:
Pte. P S 1707 Percy G. Matthews, Middlesex Regiment, was later comissioned as a Lieutenant into the East Kent Regiment ('the Buffs').
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjjp9.1
title: Photograph of the unveiling ceremony of the North Ronaldsay War Memorial
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjqiv.2
title: My Dear Ralph: Letters from a family at war 1914-1918 (3)

description: This is a scanned copy of the book "My Dear Ralph: Letters from a family at war 1914-1918" (1994) by Diana M. Scarisbrick. The books contains extracts from letters  to and from members of Ms. Scarisbrick's mother's family during the First World War. Many of the letters were collected and edited by her uncle, Fr. Ralph Bains, S.J., to which many of the letters were addressed.

Scarsbrick, D. M. (1994) "My Dear Ralph: Letters of a family at war 1914-1918" London: Minerva Press.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianluq.2
title: My Dear Ralph: Letters from a family at war 1914-1918 (7)

description: This is a scanned copy of the book "My Dear Ralph: Letters from a family at war 1914-1918" (1994) by Diana M. Scarisbrick. The books contains extracts from letters  to and from members of Ms. Scarisbrick's mother's family during the First World War. Many of the letters were collected and edited by her uncle, Fr. Ralph Bains, S.J., to which many of the letters were addressed.

Scarsbrick, D. M. (1994) "My Dear Ralph: Letters of a family at war 1914-1918" London: Minerva Press.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiant7p.2
title: Photograph of Sid Jeeves (2)

description: Photograph of Sid Jeeves (Service Number 93922) of the Royal Army Medical Corps, inscribed on the back "Yours ever Sid x". He was promoted to corporal in November 1914, and then to acting sergeant a week later, with the promotion being confirmed the following year. He contracted malaria in East Africa, and was subsequently appointed medical orderly on a ship (possibly a troop ship) sailing to Bombay. After six hours in Bombay, he was appointed to another ship sailing back to East Africa. Part of a collection relating to Sid Jeeves.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianxtu.2
title: Photograph of Pte. Albert Ville

description: The photo is of my grandfather Albert Edward Ville (sitting front left) who was called up in July 1917 and became a rifleman in the Queen's Westminster Rifles (16th London). He was wounded on 23rd August 1918 at Elverdinge near Ypres whilst a signalman in the 22nd London. He suffered a number of wounds and after first aid was 'taken back to blighty' to recuperate in Cardiff. I have also submitted separately a photo that was taken after his return whilst he was recovering and a photo of my grandfather's brother, William Ville, who also served in the army during WWI and survived. My grandfather wrote a short account of his life and I've also submitted separately an extract from this that describes his experience of being in the army.

Editor's Comment:
Note the crossed flags on lower left sleeve, indicating 'signaller'.

Pte. 555020 Albert Edward Ville, 16th Bn. (Queen's Westminster Rifles) London Regiment, served overseas in the 22nd Bn. (The Queen's), service no. 698199, and 11th Bn. (Finsbury Rifles), London Regiment.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian1t4.2
title: My Dear Ralph: Letters from a family at war 1914-1918 (15)

description: This is a scanned copy of the book "My Dear Ralph: Letters from a family at war 1914-1918" (1994) by Diana M. Scarisbrick. The books contains extracts from letters  to and from members of Ms. Scarisbrick's mother's family during the First World War. Many of the letters were collected and edited by her uncle, Fr. Ralph Bains, S.J., to which many of the letters were addressed.

Scarsbrick, D. M. (1994) "My Dear Ralph: Letters of a family at war 1914-1918" London: Minerva Press.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2jqg.1
title: The 'Mudhook' Journal of the 63rd Royal Naval Division

description: The 'Mudhook' was the first edition of this journal, produced for the 63rd Royal Naval Division.  A light-hearted journal to entertain the men.
Prnted at Boulogne Sur Mer, France.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2ljo.2
title: The Sketchbook of Percy Matthews (7)

description: Percy Matthews trained at the Ramsgate School of Art. During World War I Percy served on the Western Front as a Private in the Kentish Buffs, and later in Salonika as a Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment. It was in Salonika that he produced his remarkable sketches of scenes and characters from military and civilian life. His son Peter donated these sketches to the Imperial War Museum in 2007, which now holds the copyright on them.

List of items:
The Archbishop of the Bosphorus and his chaplain: two of the many civilian subjects of Percy's sketched portraits
Balloon article: a newspaper article about the shooting down of an enemy aircraft, which Percy depicted in the paintings Balloon 1 and Balloon 2.
Balloon 1: see Balloon article
Balloon 2: see Balloon article
Burial at night
Portrait of Chritov: possibly a Bulgarian prisoner-of-war
Circle Militaire: a group of officers from a number of countries, illustrating Salonika as a "melting pot" of nationalities during WWI.
Constantinople at night
Fun in the trenches: an ironic comment on going over the top
60-pound gun
Naval Gun
Infantry activity: another view of going over the top
Limber
Night firing
Night operations
Poilu: allied soldiers 
Portrait of a German PoW(?)
Portrait of a young Armenian. His family having been murdered by Turks, he was conscripted into the Bulgarian army and presumably was a PoW.
Portrait of a Bulgarian sergeant (named Georgi Gordanov?)
Portrait of Chisto Yosko Dimov (a Bulgarian PoW?)
Portrait of Panof A Pentoff (a Bulgarian PoW?) 
Portrait of a Bulgarian Signal Sergeant (name unclear)
Working in a Quarry
Miscellaneous sketches of soldiers and civilians
Portrait of a Turkish boy

Editor's Comment:
Pte. P S 1707 Percy G. Matthews, Middlesex Regiment, was later comissioned as a Lieutenant into the East Kent Regiment ('the Buffs').