Photograph of post office and chapel built by Alfred Landon in the trenches Pass to collect food rations Details of military service with the Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Cologne razor and cover
Alfred Landon was my father; he was one of five brothers who served in the war, 4 in the army and 1 in the navy, all of whom survived. By profession, Alfred was a baker and confectioner and in 1915 he enlisted in the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He was gassed once, suffered trench foot at least twice and fought in several battles of Ypres. He said everyone got religious in the trenches and a trench chapel, St Peter's Chapel, was built at his instigation, also a trench post office. I'm not sure where they were. He got to Koln and brought back a cut-throat razor, his only souvenir from the war. He died in 1981.

A pass issued to Alfred Landon to allow him to go the a nearby town for rations; paper, hand-written in ink with regimental stamp.
A pass issued to my father Alfred Landon
Pte Landon A. 203815
Aubigny
Official document
A photograph of St Peter's chapel in the trenches
Religion in the trenches
This photograph shows St Peter's chapel which was built into the side of a trench at the instigation of my father Alfred Landon; it is hard to see but there was also a post office and the notice board for services is just visible. The date at which is was built and the exact location are unknown.
Photograph
Souvenir of Cologne
A cut-throat razor, case inscribed 'Souvenir of Koln' with a picture of the cathedral towers engraved on it; obtained by my father Alfred Landon during the war and his only souvenir.
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