Photograph of Archibald Dickson wearing his cadet uniform and cap, taken before joining the Royal Naval College, Osborne, aged 12. Professional studio portrait photographs were common reminders kept by families separated by war. These might be taken at home before people departed on active service, or were taken in photographers’ studios overseas, away from the front line, and sent home as postcards. They were often preserved after the war as family mementoes.

Glengarry cap and regimental badge of the Highland Light Infantry, part of Hubbard’s uniform.

Front || Identity discs issued to every soldier. Their main purpose was to enable the identification and recording of the dead.