Lawrence Joseph Brown Gunner with Royal Marine Artillary no 14178 Only son of Robert and Ellen Brown, born 1896 in Malahide Co Dublin. Joined the Navy in August 1914 in Belfast. Gunner on HMS Defence out of Portsmouth. May have seen action in Galipoli. Killed in action 31st May 1916 in the Battle of Jutland. His vessel was one of the first casualties of the battle. 903 sailors perished on the HMS Defence and there were no survivors. || Citation signed by King George IV Portsmouth memorial Seamans will - official document about his possesions and money owed as he died without a will Photograph Letter to his sister Oct 1914 Christmas Card from HMS Defence 1915 Letter to sister Nov 1915

Gunner Frederick Clegg served on the Western Front. He wrote to his sisters during the war, sharing his thoughts about the conflict from his arrival in France to undergoing the trials of warfare. He was great uncle to the contributor and these cards have passed down through the family. || Embroidered postcards and notes from Frederick Clegg to his sisters

Photograph of Leonard Kirk in uniform || My grandfather Leonard Kirk was born in Leeds as one of nine sons, of whom two died in Flanders. Leonard himself died from pneumonia on his way home to his family in May 1919. His brother Joe did make it home but was badly wounded and shell shocked and never worked again. When the First World War broke out, Leonard was visiting England from Chicago with his wife Ethel (they had emigrated in 1910) awaiting the birth of their second child, my father George. Leonard wanted to do his bit and joined up. He went through the war uninjured, but then died on 4th May 1919 at the age of 38. He died in Italy and is buried at Faenza. Leonard was a gunner with 20th Small Arms Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery. Because Leonard did not die in action or from wounds, Ethel was not classed as a war widow and therefore received a widow's pension of £2.4s.9d. Leonard was the son of Samuel and Alice Mary Kirk of Bramley, Leeds.