Small notebook from Gilbert Wall with daily account of his movements and a record of seeing the King. Photograph of the nurses and doctors - Gilbert is 14th from right second row down. || My father Gilbert Wall was born in Hartlebury, Worcestershire, in 1890. He was one of 16 children and his family was involved in horse racing. Gilbert was a jockey, as were his brothers Bob, James and Charles. James was a jockey for the Kaiser before the war, and Charles a trainer in France. Gilbert wanted to be a vet, but was placed with the Royal Army Medical Corps. A photo here shows the hospital staff in 1917. Gilbert's notebook shows a day by day account of his involvement in the war, including the day he saw the King. After the war on February 4,1923 he had a fall from a horse called “Plumardo” and sustained a fracture to skull. After this hard hats became compulsory for jockeys. Gilbert also ran the Hinds Head Pub in Lambourn. He died in 1956 aged 66.

Map of a section of the Western Front in Bethune, France || || This image contains a studio style photograph of my father, also called William Powderly, who served as a driver during the full extent of the Great War from 1915 to 1918, and a photograph of him and a colleague pictured with the ambulance they drove. This image also shows my father's cap badge, which I still have and which he wore at all of the engagements in which he served including the Somme and Ypres. The cap badge in particular is very important to me as this actual item was present at many of the great battles of the war. || Picture of William Powderly with ambulance and also his cap badge || Medical || Transport || William Powderly || Photograph || || Islandbridge, Dublin || Photograph of veterans marching to a commemoration at Islandbridge || William Powderly, Remembrance ceremony at Islandbridge || Remembrance || This is a picture of World War 1 veterans, including my father William Powderly, marching to a Remembrance commemoration at Islandbridge in Dublin at a date sometime between the 1930s and the 1950s. I accompanied my father on many of these occasions and I played The Last Post on a bugle at many Remembrance ceremonies during this period. There was a great sense of fellowship among the comrades from the Great War but after Irish independence these veterans of the War were not popular in Ireland and the Remembrance ceremonies were not supported by either the public or the Irish government until recent years. || || Official document || My father's driving licence for the Royal Army Service Corps || Driving licence of my father, William Powderly, who served in the Royal Army Service Corps as a driver on the Western Front between 1915 and 1918. || William Powderly || || Leave sheet of William Powderly || Leave sheet of my father, William Powderly, granting him leave in 1917 from Rouen in France to spend time at home in Dublin, Ireland. || || Recruitment and Conscription || William Powderly's certificate on entering active service in 1915 || || Medal card for the service medal of my father, William Powderly, who served in the Royal Army Service Corps on the Western Front during the Great War. || Medal card of William Powderly - M21 073990 || || Remembrance || Group of veterans at Remembrance ceremony at Islandbridge in Dublin || Photograph of a group of veterans, including my father William Powderly, attending a Remembrance ceremony at Islandbridge in Dublin. I have fond memories of attending such events with my father over many years.

Three photographs of unknown provenance, relating to the Royal Flying Corps. || Three photographs relating to Royal Flying Corps. || || Photograph || Royal Flying Corps || Photographs, of unknown provenance, relating to Royal Flying Corps.