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Description: | Photograph album presented by Lt Col C. Pennack; Photographs taken Gibraltar-Shanghai Nov 1931-1932-Christmas 1933 Kowloon. includes photographs of the following; pp6-7 - H.M.T. Neuralia Gibralter-Shanghai October-November 1931; 1st battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment on board [MLL 10821]. pp9-34 - Chinese execution [MLL 10824]. pp45-46 - H.M.S. Cumberland's aircraft [MLL 10825]. pp51-52 HMS Cumberland (including torpedo practice) [MLL 10825]. pp53-56 - at one of the Sunday morning Cocktail Parties Officers Mess Kiachow Road Camp Shanghai 1932 [MLL 10827]. pp61-66 - HMS Suffolk (including full speed trials [MLL 10832]
soft black leatherette bound with fabric tape
40 black card pages with photgraphs on one side, annotated with white ink
Lincolnshire Regiment, 1st Battalion; 10 snapshots depicting life in Gibraltar; among those named are Private Hackfath (?) and his horse 'Toby', Joan Wiles, Iris Thompson, 'Soapy' [C.T.] Ingle with Joan Wiles (both in fashionable bathing costumes of the period), Winfield, Kirkham, O'Sullivan, Beare, 'Japanese crew, NYK Kashima Maru'
Lincolnshire Regiment, 1st Battalion; 4 snapshots of HMT (troopship) 'Neuralia' en route from Gibraltar to Shanghai with 1st Btn. on board, 10.1931-11.1931; 2 views show the band playing on the deck
Lincolnshire Regiment; snapshot of Seaview Hotel
Lincolnshire Regiment, 1st Battalion; faded snapshot of the officers; they are Lieuts.Gough, Bransbury, Williams, Powell, Roissier, Mackenzie, Curran, Captain Riggs, Lts.Dickinson, Ingle, Capt.Boxer, Lt.Young, Capt.Marshall, Major Impey, Lt.Colonel de Boys, Majors Griffin, Thoyts (formerly Eagar), Capt.Pennack
Lincolnshire Regiment, 1st Battalion; 51 snapshots taken during the Sino-Japanese war; on p.38 is a clear photo of Captain Charles Pennack and 'Bill' Williams with 'Roger' (a dog) sitting on a step; Pennack wears breeches and polished gaiters, Williams has puttees; also includes 6 macabre views of "a Chinese execution"
Lincolnshire Regiment, 1st Battalion; 19 snapshots of HMS Cumberland; includes Captain Egerton and other crew members; "full speed trials", "lowering the aeroplane" (bi-plane), "searching for a lost torpedo", torpedo practice etc.
Lincolnshire Regiment, 1st Battalion; 4 snapshots of Wei Hei-Wei, including 2 views of the officers' club
Lincolnshire Regiment, 1st Battalion; 8 snapshots taken "at one of the Sunday morning cocktail parties" in the garden of the officers' mess; clearly shows the elegant women's fashions of the period; those named are Williams, Curran, Thoyts (formerly Eagar), King, Dickinson, Young, Mrs Fleming, Penney, Mrs Ezra
Lincolnshire Regiment, 1st Battalion; snapshot of a bridge at 'Minghong'; man with 2 large buckets on a yoke
Lincolnshire Regiment, 1st Battalion; snapshot of "sunset on the Whangpoo"; shows boats with large square sails, perhaps junks
Lincolnshire Regiment, 1st Battalion; snapshot of 4 officers' wives; Doris Curtis, Margaret Marsh, Margery (? Marjorie) Griffin, Marguerite Impey; they wear light summer dresses; Mrs Marsh has a camera; dog and kitten
Lincolnshire Regiment, 1st Battalion; snapshot of Captain Rupert William Cave-Orme; he wears uniform with Sam Browne belt and medals, breeches and polished gaiters, tropical pith helmet, and carries a cane
Lincolnshire Regiment, 1st Battalion; 15 snapshots of scenes on board HMS Suffolk en route from Shanghai to Hong Kong; included are "Brigade staff watching the departure", Captain Godfrey, Lieut.E.J.de C.Boys, Ingle, Young, Boxer, Roissier, Powell, Thoyts (formerly Eagar), Pim, Williams, Cave-Orme, "full speed trials", church parade, "dropping a depth charge", etc.
Lincolnshire Regiment, 1st Battalion; snapshot of "Clifton and Mrs [Marjorie] Griffin" (wife of Major J.A.A.Griffin), probably in Hong Kong or Shanghai; he wears a double breasted suit; she appears to be elegantly dressed, but detail not clear
Lincolnshire Regiment, 1st Battalion; 2 snapshots of a bathing party, probably in Shanghai or Hong Kong; one view shows "'Mould' and [Captain H.M.] Boxer"; the other shows "a typical bathing Matshed" (a thatched building on stilts); clearly shows the costume of the period
Lincolnshire Regiment, 1st Battalion; 2 snapshots of a picnic party, perhaps in Shanghai or Hong Kong; shows 'Walter', 'Charles' [Pennack], Gow, 'Dickie' [perhaps Rupert William Cave-Orme] all sitting on the ground; thermos flasks
Lincolnshire Regiment, 1st Battalion; 6 snapshot views of Canton
Lincolnshire Regiment, 1st Battalion; 2 snapshots of "Peggy Barr-Sim, Barr-Sim, Walter Young, 'self' [Pennack] and guide at Canton"
Lincolnshire Regiment, 1st Battalion; 4 snapshots of "Christmas 1933"; the groups include Hocquard, Curran, Powell, Roissier, Bransbury, Ingle, Pim, Boxer, Crick, Pennack, Williams, Young, King, also 'Walter and the Vicar' and 'Ah Tim', a Chinese boy; officers all wear paper hats
Lincolnshire Regiment, 1st Battalion; 8 snapshots of a bathing party at "Anderson's matshed" (i.e.a thatched building on stilts), probably in Shanghai or Hong Kong; clearly shows the bathing costumes of the period; those included are Bob and Peggy Anderson, Jane Hadden, Eve and Rex Shillington, Cragg, Charles Pennack, and 'Walter' | Subjects: | Military | Temporal: | 1931 - 1933 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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