Embroidered silk picture of ? the town Hall at Arras on fire. Trimmed with lace. This item along with the others attched to this story were kept by my garndmother and my mother as my grandfather sent or brought them back from the war.

Painted silk - picture of Lille possibly town Hall on fire - trimmed with lace. This silk piece has been kept by my grandmother and my mother as a souvenir of grandfather's time in the war. Fire in a building due to shelling seems a strange thing to record on a souvenir however I understand it was fairly common.

Cushion cover, photos, medals and award certificate || John Robert Ratcliffe, born 15 August 1893 in Blackburn and died February 1972 in Blackburn. Private in the East Lancashire Regiment. The great uncle of the contributor, Jean Dunston. Her maternal grandmother's brother. Cushion cover made which John Robert Ratcliffe was in a convalescent Hospital in Godalming, Surrey, after being mustard gassed on the Somme. He used the cushion in the different hospitals he visited on his journey home. The contributor used the cushion of here children as babies. She stopped using it in the 1970s/1980s. Collection includes two photos, two medals and an Oddfellows Award.