In the transcript attached to this entry, Cllr. Howard Marriner relates to Age Exchange what family legacy and influence the First World War had on his predecessors; of the four men that went to War, three would survive. Contributed via Age Exchange (http://www.age-exchange.org.uk) as part of the Children of the Great War project (http://www.childrenofthegreatwar.org.uk) at a collection day at the Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice, Kent, UK. To see all material contributed by Age Exchange, or to see more contributions from this collection day, follow the links at http://www.childrenofthegreatwar.org.uk/archive.html - For further information email: greatwar@age-exchange.org.uk || || Postcard || 2nd Seven Battalion Middlesex Regiment June 1915; taken by Herbert Samwell || This is the 2nd Seven Battalion Middlesex Regiment June 1915; taken by Herbert Samwell on a Gibraltar beach. They were en route to Egypt. When Herbert's brother was killed, he was sent on compassionate leave to see his parents and while he was back in the UK, the Middlesex regiment went over the top and were wiped ou;. He therefore had to return back to a different regiment and he served throughout the rest of the War until about six months before the War ended when he was captured by the Germans and went into a prisoner of war camp. || English || 36.140751,-5.353585000000066 || Herbert David Samwell || || reverse of Herbert's regiment's photograph (2nd Seven Middlesex) || English || Postcard || 36.140751,-5.353585000000066 || Back || || Deutsch || Français || Western Front || Front || Letter || English || Herbert David Samwell || Prisoners of War || Letter from Herbert to fiance May, from 'Kriegsgefangenen-Sendung' || || Postcard || Letter from Herbert to fiance May, from 'Kriegsgefangenen-Sendung' || || English || Letter from Herbert to May from hospital || Herbert David Samwell || || Transcript of interview with Cllr Howard Marriner || Howard Marriner || Interview || English

General Hirschauer and Soeur Marguerite

The subjects of this real photographic postcard are small boy standing on a bench and his soldier–father. The three upturned chevrons on the soldier’s lower right-hand sleeve are good-conduct stripes, signifying that he has served in the British Army for twelve years without having been disciplined. Below the good-conduct stripes is a wound stripe, indicating that he has been wounded, and suggesting that this photograph dates from after August 1916, when wound stripes were introduced. This is confirmed by a stamp on the reverse, which states ‘18 DEC 1916’. The name of the studio that father and son visited in order to be photographed is also given: ‘Photo by The Florence Studio, 103 High Street, Camden Town in north London’. || A real photographic postcard || || Postcard || A photograph of a British soldier and his son