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Description: | Collection related to the First World War service of William J Wilson with the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. The collection contains one portrait and four postcards. One postcard is an informal group portrait Hussars annotated as Phoenix Park, Dublin. Two of of the postcards were taken at Northampton War Hospital, formerly Northampton County Lunatic Asylum, both depict Christmas 1918 at the Hospital. One is a group portrait of the patients taken at the Bishop's Palace Hospital, Peterborough dated 16 February 1916.
Patients named left to right:
Rear row: Private Hardy (Prisoner), Pte Inkle (Prisoner), Pte Stafford (Prisoner), Lance Corporal Jones (w/old), Pte Adams (w/old), Pte Carter (w/old), Pte Hall (w/old), Pte Wilson (w/old).
Central row: Sgt Humphreys (arm off), Corporal Butler (leg off), Cpl Radcliffe (gassed & wounded), Pte Pamford (w/old), Pte Jakins (foot off), Pte Ley (w/old), Pte Gillowes (w/old), L/C Searle (w/old), Pte Gooda (w/old), Pte Toobar (w/old by stick whilst a prisoner).
Front row: Pte Knock (leg off), Pte Lay (leg off), Pte leavey (arm off), L/C Harrison (sick), Pte Newman (w/old), Pte Thomson (w/old), Pte Russell (w/old), Pte Darlow (Prisoner), and Pte Inesley (Prisoner). | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Royal Gloucestershire Hussars British Army | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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