Print out of a photograph of a man in civilian clothes || Frank Thornton was Anthony's Great-uncle. He was born in Oxfordshire. Before the war he worked as a farm labourer. He enlisted at the beginning of the war with the 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. He fought on the 1st of July and was wounded early in the offensive. He climbed out of the trench and got shot on the first day of the battle, but died of his wounds 10 days later. His service number 19108 tells us he is a late Kitchener volunteer. His brother also enlisted and survived the war. || || Private Frank Thornton || Private Frank Thornton photograph || || Private Frank Thornton || Private Frank Thornton's story

Duke of Lancaster's Own cap || || Trench Life || Duke of Lancaster's Own cap || || Trench Life || Duke of Lancaster's Own cap || || Trench Life || Duke of Lancaster's Own cap || || Trench Life || Duke of Lancaster's Own cap || || patent number 116972/17 || Metal plate || || Metal plate || patent number 116972/17 || || Metal plate || patent number 116972/17 || || Metal plate || patent number 116972/17 || || Ypres, France || Possibly cut from rifle barrel, inset stone and Ypres engraved || Signet ring || Stanley Esilman || || Ypres, France || Signet ring || Stanley Esilman || Possibly cut from rifle barrel, inset stone and Ypres engraved || || Stanley Esilman || Ypres, France || Possibly cut from rifle barrel, inset stone and Ypres engraved || Signet ring || || Stanley Esilman's diary || Stanley Esilman || Two pages, three sides of Stanley Esilman's diary || Trench Life || || Two pages, three sides of Stanley Esilman's diary || Stanley Esilman || Trench Life || Stanley Esilman's diary || || Trench Life || Stanley Esilman's diary || Two pages, three sides of Stanley Esilman's diary || Stanley Esilman

Fragment of an incendiary bomb