Front || Postcard, issued by the Royal Engineers and headed from one of the Royal Engineers serving his King and country with an image of a soldier and a printed greeting.

Photocopy of letter to granddaughter; Photographs of medals. || My husband's father, James Woods, served in both World Wars. He joined up under age (his brother was killed in the First World War) and did not talk about the war but did write this long letter to his granddaughter in response to a letter she had sent him asking for information for a school history project. The letter is very detailed and contains information about where he was stationed, his enrolment in the Royal Engineers and compulsory transfer to the Royal Flying Corps as a wireless operator, surviving in trenches, the weapons and radio equipment then in use. || || Military service || Western Front || James 'Tiger' Woods war memoir || Letter || A letter written by James Woods to his granddaughter, describing his role in the war as a wireless operator with the Royal Flying Corps; he did not talk about the war so this is the only record of his experiences. || Trench Life || || The First World War medals awarded to James Woods, amongst those awarded to him throughout his military career || Medal || Medals awarded to James Woods || James Woods

In the attached interview, Paul Oliver discusses his father Henry's war; an underage conscript who fought as the Somme, Ypres, and Passchendaele, where everlasting memories were created of the horror of the battlefield. 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 Leyton Orient supporters club, London, 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 || || Henry Oliver || W Bright, Empire Studios, 106 High Street, Shoreditch || Postcard || Henry William Alfred Oliver of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, in 1917 || || Page from Henry Oliver's Small Book (for soldiers) || Book || Paul Oliver points out that the Small Books were printed by Walter Rose in 1915 || || Book || The rest of the book remains blank. This page gives Henry's place of birth as the parish of Stoke Newington || another page from Henry's Small Book || || Henry Oliver's demobilization papers || Henry Oliver || || Henry Oliver || Interview with Paul Oliver || Interview