A British patriotic/humorous postcard || The name ‘Leigh Kidman’ can just be discerned to the right of the child that he drew for this postcard, with ‘Oilette’ appearing faintly below. The artist’s creation shows a smiling infant wearing a sailor’s cap with ‘HMS IRRESISTIBLE’ on its band, dressed in an anchor-patterned garment. He or she is holding a telescope in one hand and a wooden sword in the other, and is also clutching a string attached to a toy cannon. The caption beneath reads, ‘The Empire’s in danger.’. The printed information on the reverse includes, ‘Copyright London “Soldiers of the King” / Raphael Tuck & Sons’ “OILETTE” Postcard No. 8843 / Art Publishers to their Majesties the King & Queen’; ‘By Appointment’ and ‘Printed in England’. The postcard has been franked twice: ‘21 SP 17’ and ‘22 SEP 17’. It is addressed in black ink to ‘Miss Margaret Rodin’. The address beneath, which has been crossed out, reads, ‘Sea Bank House / Penrhyn Bay / Nr. Llandudno.’. Another address has been written above in a different hand: ‘Hunters Hill / Wilmslow / Cheshire’. The message reads, ‘Dear Marg / thanks very much ‘Miss Margaret Rod’ has been written here, and then crossed out for your P.C. I am so pleased to hear that you are having such a good time fond love L. Roberts’. || || Front || A British patriotic/humorous postcard || Postcard

Territorial Force (One year's Embodied Service at Home) Attestation of James Freeman Massey; birth certificate of James Freeman Massey; Roll of Individuals entitled to the 'War Badge'; post card photograph of James Massey (photocopy). || My great grandfather, James Freeman Massey, joined the Royal Army Medical Corps May in 1915; he had been a college servant (the attestation does not say which college) and he said he was 48 years and 10 months at the time, although according to his birth certificate he would have been 53, almost 54. During the war, he worked as an orderly at the Somerville Section, 3rd Southern General Hospital in Oxford, which was the hospital for wounded officers in Somerville College. He was discharged in September 1917. || || James Massey || Records of my great grandfather's service in the RAMC || Documents recording my great grandfather's service in the Royal Army Medical Corps || Multiple || Medical

In the attached transcript, Bill Christmas shares his family's Great War experiences through the perspective of his mother Bella. A young suffragette, Bella had recently returned to her native Scotland from America when War broke out, soon becoming a naval wife and seeing hostility on the Home Front when her husband was stationed in Northern Ireland.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 Age Exchange, 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 || || Women || Photograph of Bella Chhristmas || Photograph || Bella Christmas || || Service record of Owen Albert Christmas || Official document || Own Albert Christmas || || Interview with Bill Christmas || Bella Christmas || Interview