Framed sepia photograph of No.2 Machine Gun Corps Cadet Battalion, 2nd Course March 1917.

My maternal grandfather, Arthur Wallis, fought throughout the war on the Western Front as a member of the Machine Gun Corps. This is his diary from 1918... While on the front my grandfather bought a card embroidered by one of the local French women. He sent this card with a message inside to his daughter, Minnie, who is my mother. The letter reads: 'Dear Minnie, Just a few lines to let you know I am quite well, so I trust you and all at home are the same, trusting I may soon see you all.' The letter was written in August 1918 as the war was nearing the end. || 1918 diary, also containing a photograph and money, some from Yugoslavia. German shell case July 1917 from 77mm field gun Embroidered card

Medal and discharge certificate || My grandfather Isaac Marsh was a private in the Machine Gun Corps. He served overseas and was honorably discharged on 22nd March 1919 as he was disabled while on active service. The family believe he died when he was 78 years old (approximately 1979) and remembers that he worked as a manager at Tarmac and smoked a pipe.