Scrapbook; Postcard to Tilly, 1914 from J. Dwyer Kelly.
Tilly Hill was from Tarbert, Co. Kerry, Ireland. The Hill family ran a shop/store in the town. She was an acquaintance of my grandfather. She entrusted this scrapbook to him in the 1930s or 1940s because she felt it would be in safe hands (he was the schoolmaster/Principal). I think that she never married. She corrected Mrs. to Miss in a Red Cross letter (she collected money for the Red Cross). Her name may have been Teresa. The scrapbook consists mainly of newspaper clippings relating to the war. I think she recorded anything she could get her hands on but there was a weighting in favour of anything with a North Kerry/Limerick connection. There are handwritten annotations, adding extra information and quotes. The scrapbook also includes letters, postcards, a comic strip. It tells us as much about the woman herself as it does about the items collected. There seem to be identifiable sections e.g. a few pages on Kitchener or Lord Roberts (with letters). On one page with a coloured Union Jack, she superimposed a row of shamrocks on the Union Jack. She was clearly an earnest supporter of the war effort as a nationalist. Sometimes she sowed things into the book and at other times pasted them. There are some items relating to 1916. There are some Second World War items at the end. There is also a postcard to Tilly, dated 1914, from J. Dwyer Kelly, thanking her for the parcel she sent (he was on active service in France).

Postcard to Tilly Hill from J. Dwyer Kelly
Postcard
Postcard of Le Havre sent to Tilly Hill from J. Dwyer Kelly, thanking her for a parcel she sent to him while he was on active service in France.
Western Front
Tilly Hill
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World War I
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook
Memoir
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. This page includes poem and postcards/drawings
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. This page includes newspaper clippings, photos from newspapers and handwritten notes. One clippnig is dated from August 18th, 1943 in the context of World War II.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. Same pages as previous image, with WWII related column removed.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. This page includes newspaper clippings (mostly photos), including ones with th following headlines: The Empire's Farewell to Lord Roberts and The Voice of the Mighty Dead.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include newspaper clippings include columns with the following headlines: The Last Scenes at Englemere and Reported Sinking of H.M.S. Audacious.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include newspaper clippings with a headline: Lord French Reviews 10,000 London Volunteers, photos and a poem handwritten by a Joyce Pope(?).
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include newspaper clippings including a newspaper photo of Nurse Edith Cavell and handwritten notes.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include a clipping of newspaper text and several photos, including a series under the headline: Canadian Receive Instruction in the Art of Sniping.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include photos from newspaper, handwritten poetry and a clipping with the heading: Young Winnipegger gives Life in the Dardanelles.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include a newspaper column entitled: God Shaking the World: Address by Dr. Campbell Morgan and a drawing from a newspaper of the sinking of the Lusitania.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include a large newspaper photo and the headline: In Memory of Kitchener and How He Answered the Last Call\.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include columns regarding Lord Kitchener.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include clippings and photos entitled Destruction of Rheims at Last Completed and The March of the British Nurses.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include 2 photos from newspapers entitled British Nurse Who was always the first over the top decorated with Serbian V.C. and another entitled Brave Irishwomen who fought in the Trencges with the Serbians.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include photos from newspapers including Heroines Sergeant Major Flora Sandes and Frances Hughes.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include photos and a handwritten page of notes entitled: Ancient(?) Prophesies.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include a continuation of notes from page 29 and newspaper photos, including ones entitled: Krupp gun as Palastine trophy and British in Jerusalem.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include newspaper clippings such as one entitled: The Naval Blow at Zeebrugge and a colour card.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include newspaper photos and maps, including one Blocking the U-Boat exits into the North Sea - Maps and Pictures.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include a newspaper clipping, photos and a portrait of Grace Gifford (Joseph Plunkett's widow) entitled: Irish Rebel's Bride - and Widow.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages contain photos from newspapers.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include newspaper photos and a clipping of a list of deported prisoners and a coloured Union Jack flag with a row of shamrocks drawn across the middle.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include newspaper columns and photos. One is entitled Seattle's youngest War worker is not quite two and another is The last absolution of the Munsters.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages includes newspaper photos, one with the headline Some more of Uncle Sam's - and other portraying the last absolution of the Munsters. These pages also include a card with a crucifix on the front with the handwritten note: From Dear Fred O'Donnell, 17 Feb 1919.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. Same pages as previous image but with crucifix card turned.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include letters and a receipt from the British Red Cross Society and St. John Ambulance Association to Tilly concerning a donation she made, as well as newspaper clippings and photos.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include newspaper columns, photos and handwritten notes. One column and photo is of Flora Sandes entitled: A letter from Miss Flora Sandes.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include newspaper clippings including a drawing from one entitled: Thrilling dash of an ambulance under shell-fire.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include clippings from newspapers and photos.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include two clippings of photos from newspapers, including one entitled: Funeral of Officer victim of the Rebellion.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include newspaper clippings related to Arthur Griffin, and photos of desctruction in Dublin, Ireland as a result of the 1916 Easter Rising.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages contains clippings of photos from newspapers, including ones for James Connolly, P.H. Pearse and Countess Markievicz.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include clippings from newspapers, such as a photo of Michael Collins and Italian troops and a coloured Italian flag.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include handwritten notes and photos and clippings from newspapers.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include handwritten notes and a newspaper photo of the Irish Mail boat Leinster.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include photographs from newspapers including one from London entitled: The end of the War.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include multiple photos from newspapers of Allied military and naval personnel under the headline: The men who defeated Germany - the great Allied leaders on sea and land.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include newspaper clippings including one titled: Cost of the war and a photo with the headline: German high seas fleet surrenders to the Allies.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages include photos and a cartoon from newspapers.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. These pages have one cartoon from a newspaper.
Tilly Hill's World War I scrapbook. This page is blank, with only a photo from a newspaper stuck on the inside of the back cover.