cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8nf4.2
title: Photograph of Warrant Officers and Sergeants 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment

description: Sergeant Charles W. Carr is standing in the rear row, third from left. This photo is also reproduced in the official history of the regiment 'The story of the 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment 1914-1918' by A.F. Barnes MC, Gloucester: The Crypt House Press, Ltd. 1930. There it is described as taken July 1917, with the title and location used here. However the note on the revese of this photograph is "Taken 27 June 1917" signed by Charles Carr. In the book RSM WW Spragg and RQMS ARN Joseland are also identified in the centre of the photograph.

Note that two photographs seem to have been taken of this group at the same sitting. The other photograph has a note to the rear indicating that they may have been taken in Ireland. 

Part of large collection of photos and memoribilia relating to Serjeant 3091 (later 240965) Charles Woodward Carr, 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - kept by Mrs Gill Porter and Mr Tony Carr of their father.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8rlz.2
title: Photograph of cart and oxen in Villagarcia

description: A photograph (possibly a postcard) featuring two oxen pulling a cart loaded with wood, plus a man and a woman. "Villagarcia" appears in white letters towards the bottom of the photograph. Part of a collection relating to Frank Harold Elletson, Royal Marine Artillery.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8xts.2
title: Photograph of VIPs on HMS Queen Elizabeth (1)

description: Photograph of a small group of VIPs on the deck of the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth. Part of a collection relating to Frank Harold Elletson, Royal Marine Artillery. Date uncertain, but the collection is described as including: "Diary [photo scrapbook] of HMS Queen Elizabeth, January to May 1915, plus photographs c. 1918".
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian9l3.2
title: Photographs and items related to Reginald King (4)

description: Photo.  George King (on the right), Suffolk 1895

Photo.  Reginald and Maude King with Annie King.  Born 1914/15

Post card

Reginald King letter to his wife Christmas 1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiancg6.2
title: Postcards and memorabilia (13)

description: The embroidery was done while my grandfather Ernest Sawyer was recovering fron loosing his leg after being blown up. Most of the photos are in the form of postcards written to his wife and mother and father-in-law.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand58p.2
title: Photograph of the grave of Thomas Richard Austin

description: My grandfather Richard Austin, 2nd Battalion Welsh Regiment, who died on 18th March 1918 aged 28. It is thought he was killed by a shell at Wieltje near Ypres. He is buried at Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station cemetery north of Ypres. My father, Glyn Austin, was born on 18th January 1916 having been conceived while his father was recuperating from wounds in 1915, having been sent home to Neath Hospital near Swansea. He never met his father, and never knew what had happened to him, except that he had been "lost in France". My father's mother Caroline Austin was left with Glyn, aged 2, and Freddie, aged 5, who was later killed by the Mumbles Train on 3rd July 1919. She also lost a brother, Albert George Reed, who was awarded a Military Medal and died on 5th July 1917, and had another brother David William Reed who returned very badly wounded. She also lost a brother-in-law, Sidney George Austin, who was killed on 13th September 1916, remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. Unsurprisingly she would never talk to my father about any of this and never remarried.

With the increased availability of information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission we were able to trace my grandfather to a cemetery near Ypres, and in October 1999 took my father, then 83, to visit his fathers' grave. It seemed doubly ironic that the grave had been there unknown to any of us for over 80 years and my father had served as an aircraftman in 1939-40 only a short distance away at Vitry-en Artois near Arras. In fact, we were able to find that little aerodrome the following day.
There are a number of photos of Albert Reed, David Reed, and Caroline with Glyn and Freddie, some of which have been to the Front, and have come back, I assume, showing the effects of this as they appear to be stained by blood, mud, rain or whatever.

This is a photograph of his grave in Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery near Ypres and view of Duhallow in October 1999, taken on the first visit of my father, Glyn Austin, to his father's grave aged 83.

Editor's Comment:
Pte. 48903 Thomas Richard Austin, 2nd Bn. Welsh Regiment, was killed in action 18th March 1918, aged 28. The son of Joseph Austin, of Swansea; husband of Caroline Austin, of 61, Rodney Street, Swansea, he is buried in Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station Cemetery.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandabl.2
title: Photograph of battleship

description: Photograph of a British battleship, probably either a picture of or taken from the deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth. Part of a collection relating to Frank Harold Elletson, Royal Marine Artillery. Date uncertain, but the collection is described as including: "Diary [photo scrapbook] of HMS Queen Elizabeth, January to May 1915, plus photographs c. 1918".
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandf2k.2
title: Postcards and memorabilia (21)

description: The embroidery was done while my grandfather Ernest Sawyer was recovering fron loosing his leg after being blown up. Most of the photos are in the form of postcards written to his wife and mother and father-in-law.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandynj.2
title: Photograph of Charles W. Carr, convalescing after serious leg wounds (7)

description: Charles W. Carr stands in hospital uniform. The note on the back records the location is Netley Hospital, Southampton.

Charles' daughter Gill Porter explains that this was when "Dad was recovering from being shot in the leg", during the the attack of the 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment on Pond Farm during the battle of Paschendale. He is wearing hospital uniform. However, Mrs Porter clearly remembers her father explaining that "he almost died of blood poisoning apparently from the dye in the stripes of the hospital pyjamas or night shirt! He'd survived his wounds but almost died of septicemia!" Mrs Porter also explains that Netley's Royal Victoria Military Hospital on Southampton Water is the subject of a book by Philip Hoare "Spike Island: the memory of a military hospital", Forth Estate: 2001.

Part of large collection of photos and memoribilia relating to Serjeant 3091 (later 240965) Charles Woodward Carr, 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - kept by Mrs Gill Porter and Mr Tony Carr of their father.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandz4y.2
title: Letter from War Office (3)

description: Missing in Action letter from War Office
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianif9.2
title: Pay book cover belonging to Herbert Freestone

description: Herbert Edward Freestone, born 29th February 1880 at Hadfield, Derbyshire. He was a private soldier in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

Herbert Freestone was invalided out before the end of the war and lived until 1956. 

Editor's Comment:
Cover for AB64 (Army Book 64), commonly called the 'Pay Book'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj2f1.2
title: Photograph of officer on board HMS Queen Elizabeth

description: Photograph of a high ranking officer, who may be King George V, in admiral's dress, on board the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth. Part of a collection relating to Frank Harold Elletson, Royal Marine Artillery. Date uncertain, but the collection is described as including: "Diary [photo scrapbook] of HMS Queen Elizabeth, January to May 1915, plus photographs c. 1918".
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj52r.2
title: Postcards and memorabilia (22)

description: The embroidery was done while my grandfather Ernest Sawyer was recovering fron loosing his leg after being blown up. Most of the photos are in the form of postcards written to his wife and mother and father-in-law.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj78m.2
title: Photograph of a large gathering of sailors and others (2)

description: Photograph of a substantial gathering taking place in a grassy area by a large building. Most of the people present are men in naval dress (including some in what appear to be American uniforms), but there are also some women in formal civilian clothing and a few children. Several flags are visible, plus one end of what appears to be a tent or marquee. Part of a collection relating to Frank Harold Elletson, Royal Marine Artillery. Date uncertain, but the collection is described as including: "Diary [photo scrapbook] of HMS Queen Elizabeth, January to May 1915, plus photographs c. 1918".
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjdbx.1
title: Pocketbook belonging to Herbert Freestone

description: Herbert Edward Freestone, born 29th February 1880 at Hadfield, Derbyshire. He was a private soldier in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

Herbert Freestone was invalided out before the end of the war and lived until 1956. 

Editor's Comment:
Opening pages missing. Pg. iii: 'Prayers'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjg4h.2
title: Letter

description: Letter congratulating Smith's parents that there son is alive.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjl8z.2
title: Photograph of the grave of Thomas Richard Austin

description: My grandfather Richard Austin, 2nd Battalion Welsh Regiment, who died on 18th March 1918 aged 28. It is thought he was killed by a shell at Wieltje near Ypres. He is buried at Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station cemetery north of Ypres. My father, Glyn Austin, was born on 18th January 1916 having been conceived while his father was recuperating from wounds in 1915, having been sent home to Neath Hospital near Swansea. He never met his father, and never knew what had happened to him, except that he had been "lost in France". My father's mother Caroline Austin was left with Glyn, aged 2, and Freddie, aged 5, who was later killed by the Mumbles Train on 3rd July 1919. She also lost a brother, Albert George Reed, who was awarded a Military Medal and died on 5th July 1917, and had another brother David William Reed who returned very badly wounded. She also lost a brother-in-law, Sidney George Austin, who was killed on 13th September 1916, remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. Unsurprisingly she would never talk to my father about any of this and never remarried.

With the increased availability of information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission we were able to trace my grandfather to a cemetery near Ypres, and in October 1999 took my father, then 83, to visit his fathers' grave. It seemed doubly ironic that the grave had been there unknown to any of us for over 80 years and my father had served as an aircraftman in 1939-40 only a short distance away at Vitry-en Artois near Arras. In fact, we were able to find that little aerodrome the following day.

There are a number of photos of Albert Reed, David Reed, and Caroline with Glyn and Freddie, some of which have been to the Front, and have come back, I assume, showing the effects of this as they appear to be stained by blood, mud, rain or whatever.

This photograph of his grave in Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery near Ypres in October 1999, was taken on the first visit of my father, Glyn Austin, to his father's grave aged 83.

Editor's Comment:
Pte. 48903 Thomas Richard Austin, 2nd Bn. Welsh Regiment, was killed in action 18th March 1918, aged 28. The son of Joseph Austin, of Swansea; husband of Caroline Austin, of 61, Rodney Street, Swansea, he is buried in Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station Cemetery.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjmbo.2
title: Photograph of fountain in Villagarcia

description: Photograph (possibly a postcard) featuring two women standing by a fountain in a square surrounded by trees and buildings. "Villagarcia" appears in white letters towards the bottom of the photograph. Part of a collection relating to Frank Harold Elletson, Royal Marine Artillery.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjond.2
title: Group Photograph of 2/5th Gloucesters on Final Furlough

description: Corporal Charles W. Carr is seated second row from front, third from right. The photo is from a newspaper article is entitled "The 2/5th Gloucesters on Final Furlough: A party of the 2/5th Gloucesters on their last leave from the Plain before proceeding to the front had their photos taken with Col. J.C. Griffith this week". 

All men are named below the photo. Charles Carr has marked a pencil cross next to many names, including his own.

Part of large collection of photos and memoribilia relating to Serjeant 3091 (later 240965) Charles Woodward Carr, 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - kept by Mrs Gill Porter and Mr Tony Carr of their father.

Editor's Comment:
The 2/5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment landed in France on the 23rd May 1916.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiano5n.2
title: Letter discussing Leonard Green, Missing in Action

description: This letter was received by the soldier's parents on 30th April 1918. Private Green, born 1899, had enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers in January 1918 and been sent to France almost immediately. This report,"MIA", relates to the time of German's spring offensive, the last "Big Push", and apparently relates to action near Peronne on the Somme front.  
(Since I was not born until 1935 the report was incorrect as subsequent attachments will disclose).

Editor's Comment:
Pte. 316448 Leonard E. Green, 1/5th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers, was reported Missing in Action on 23rd March 1918 and officially declared dead, twice, before his status as a Prisoner of War was confirmed.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianq3h.2
title: Photograph of two men in boxing ring on HMS Queen Elizabeth

description: Photograph of a corner of a boxing ring on the deck of the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth. In the corner are two men in boxing gloves. Both sport unusual headdresses, and one seems to be wearing a corset over a striped jersey. A crowd of sailors are watching from outside the ring. Part of a collection relating to Frank Harold Elletson, Royal Marine Artillery. Date uncertain, but the collection is described as including: "Diary [photo scrapbook] of HMS Queen Elizabeth, January to May 1915, plus photographs c. 1918".
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianvn8.2
title: Letter from Catholic Chaplain

description: Congratulating Smith's family on his survival after being shot down
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianxod.2
title: Postcards and memorabilia (17)

description: The embroidery was done while my grandfather Ernest Sawyer was recovering fron loosing his leg after being blown up. Most of the photos are in the form of postcards written to his wife and mother and father-in-law.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian21hw.2
title: Photograph of Albert William Croft.  2nd Suffolks (1)

description: Metal truncion.  Issued to Lewis gunners
Medal group
Allbert William Croft
Postcard home
Certificate of Education
Group.  Albert, very tall soldier 4th from left
Letter to mother
Wounded notification
POW Certificate (German)
POW notification
POW photo (Albert is to the right)
Photo of German camp guards (?)
POW card.  Red Cross
Letter from POW camp
Welcome Home programme and Menu
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian23o9.2
title: Photograph of Arthur Hilton in full dress with Wife (2)

description: Arthur Hilton (East Yorks) was my grandfather, killed in action 3rd May 1915. He left a widow, Hilda Hilton, daughter Hilda aged 7 (my mother) and a son Leslie aged 3.

Arthur Hilton is listed on the roll of honour in Beverley Minster and his name appears on the Menin Gate.

Editor's Comment:
Photograph of Arthur Hilton when a corporal, in full dress, with Hilda. 

From the effects of Serjeant 1062 Arthur Hilton, 1st/4th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action 3rd May 1915, aged 31. The husband of Hilda G. Brown (formerly Hilton), of 17, William St., Porter St., Hull, he is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. His battalion, as part of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division, was engaged in the Battle of St Julien, the second phase of the Second Battle of Ypres.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian24l7.2
title: Photographs and items related to Reginald King (5)

description: Photo.  George King (on the right), Suffolk 1895

Photo.  Reginald and Maude King with Annie King.  Born 1914/15

Post card

Reginald King letter to his wife Christmas 1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian25pt.2
title: Embroidered Postcard from George Gauntlett

description: Sent by George Gauntlett to his wife Florence (nee Moon).
Great Uncle George was a lifelong teetotaler and used to tell me that they held him down to pour the Rum ration down his throat before they let him go 'over the top'.

Editor's Comment:
Postcard depicting the Pilots wings of the Royal Flying Corps.
Pte. 85290 George Gauntlett, Northumberland Fusiliers
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2aqv.2
title: Diary of Harry J.E. Burtenshaw, Royal Flying Corp (1)

description: Diary written by my Grandfather of his Royal Flying Corp service including his posting to 27 Kite Balloon Section in Salonica. Also the journey to Greece and his return home.  Like many others, his early return was due to malaria.
The typed copy attached is a precise transcript from his written record.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2riy.2
title: Photograph of Joseph Kirkham (2)

description: Photograph of Joseph Kirkham, broth of Len Kirkham and brother-in-law of Robert Glyndon Coode. 

Editor's Comment:
Pte. Kirkham wears the belt of the Pattern 1903 equipment, and a satchel carrying the Gas Hood.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2sp7.2
title: Demobilsation Certificate of Serg. Charles W. Carr

description: Part of large collection of photos and memoribilia relating to Serjeant 3091 (later 240965) Charles Woodward Carr, 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - kept by Mrs Gill Porter and Mr Tony Carr of their father.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2uy1.2
title: Rev.Dr. Duncan Strang (14)

description: Unpublished history Seaforth Highlanders. Battle of Mons to the Battle of the Aisne 1914

Compiled by Rev.Strang who had been a Major in the 9th Seaforth Highlanders
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2wwh.2
title: Photograph of Albert William Croft.  2nd Suffolks (5)

description: Metal truncion.  Issued to Lewis gunners
Medal group
Allbert William Croft
Postcard home
Certificate of Education
Group.  Albert, very tall soldier 4th from left
Letter to mother
Wounded notification
POW Certificate (German)
POW notification
POW photo (Albert is to the right)
Photo of German camp guards (?)
POW card.  Red Cross
Letter from POW camp
Welcome Home programme and Menu
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian623f.2
title: Letter concerning Memorial Scroll and Plaque of William Ernest Moon

description: Ernest caught Malaria and was transferred from Italy to Egypt. 

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/bodleian67bx.2
title: Embroidered Postcard from George Gauntlett

description: Sent by George Gauntlett to his wife Florence (nee Moon).
Great Uncle George was a lifelong teetotaler and used to tell me that they held him down to pour the Rum ration down his throat before they let him go 'over the top'.

Editor's Comment:
Postcard with the message: 'To My Dear Wife'.
Pte. 85290 George Gauntlett, Northumberland Fusiliers
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6bql.2
title: Poem 'Lest we forget' by A.N. Cole

description: Poem, 'Lest we forget'. Opening lines: 'SHALL we ever forget when the boys marched away, | To fight for their King and their home,...'

Written by Abraham N. Cole who was the uncle of Charles W. Carr, and whose sons Reginald and Norman died during the war.

Private 1844 Reginald William Cole, 'C' Coy., 5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment, killed in action 12th May 1915, aged 22. The son of Abraham Noden Cole and Minnie Rosetta Cole, of 12, Clarence Square, Cheltenham. Born at Skenfrith, he is buried in Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery. 

Lance Corporal 10406 Norman Frank Ewart Cole, 5th Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, killed in action 15th September 1916, aged 23. His is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. 

Part of large collection of photos and memorabilia relating to Charles Woodward Carr, 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - kept by Mrs Gill Porter and Mr Tony Carr of their father.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6mnw.2
title: Group photograph of Bingham Cup Winners, including Arthur Hilton

description: Arthur Hilton (East Yorks) was my grandfather, killed in action 3rd May 1915. He left a widow, Hilda Hilton, daughter Hilda aged 7 (my mother) and a son Leslie aged 3.

Arthur Hilton is listed on the roll of honour in Beverley Minster and his name appears on the Menin Gate.

Editor's Comment:
Photograph captioned: 'Bingham Cup Winners'. The Bingham cup was presumably the prize in a shooting competition. Note that the Other Ranks wear the belt and ammunition pouches of Mills Equipment Company design commonly purchased by Territorial Associations, adopted before the war as being cheaper than the regular pattern. 

From the effects of Serjeant 1062 Arthur Hilton, 1st/4th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action 3rd May 1915, aged 31. The husband of Hilda G. Brown (formerly Hilton), of 17, William St., Porter St., Hull, he is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. His battalion, as part of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division, was engaged in the Battle of St Julien, the second phase of the Second Battle of Ypres.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian83rv.2
title: Photograph of Frank Harold Elletson and others

description: Photograph of Frank Harold Elletson and seven other men in naval uniform, on board the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth. Elletson is in the middle of the back row. Part of a collection relating to Frank Harold Elletson, Royal Marine Artillery.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8a78.2
title: Photograph of Arthur Hilton in full dress with wife (1)

description: Arthur Hilton (East Yorks) was my grandfather, killed in action 3rd May 1915. He left a widow, Hilda Hilton, daughter Hilda aged 7 (my mother) and a son Leslie aged 3.

Arthur Hilton is listed on the roll of honour in Beverley Minster and his name appears on the Menin Gate.

Editor's Comment:
Photograph of Arthur Hilton when a corporal, in full dress, with Hilda. 

From the effects of Serjeant 1062 Arthur Hilton, 1st/4th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action 3rd May 1915, aged 31. The husband of Hilda G. Brown (formerly Hilton), of 17, William St., Porter St., Hull, he is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. His battalion, as part of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division, was engaged in the Battle of St Julien, the second phase of the Second Battle of Ypres.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8d3a.2
title: Memorial Plaque ('Death Penny') of William Ernest Moon

description: Ernest caught Malaria and was transferred from Italy to Egypt. 

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/bodleian8mmp.2
title: Photograph of Albert William Croft.  2nd Suffolks (6)

description: Metal truncion.  Issued to Lewis gunners
Medal group
Allbert William Croft
Postcard home
Certificate of Education
Group.  Albert, very tall soldier 4th from left
Letter to mother
Wounded notification
POW Certificate (German)
POW notification
POW photo (Albert is to the right)
Photo of German camp guards (?)
POW card.  Red Cross
Letter from POW camp
Welcome Home programme and Menu
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8n4g.2
title: Postcards and memorabilia (23)

description: The embroidery was done while my grandfather Ernest Sawyer was recovering fron loosing his leg after being blown up. Most of the photos are in the form of postcards written to his wife and mother and father-in-law.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8qq9.2
title: Embroidery of the badge of the Gloucestershire Regiment

description: Sergeant Charles W. Carr made this embroidery of his regimental badge whilst convalescing after being seriously wounded - shot in the legs by machine gun bullets - during the attack of the 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment on Pond Farm during the battle of Paschendale.

Part of large collection of photos and memoribilia relating to Serjeant 3091 (later 240965) Charles Woodward Carr, 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - kept by Mrs Gill Porter and Mr Tony Carr of their father.