The wooden plaque contains a photograph of Private Briggs, the Victory medal and the British War Medal, an Australia Military Forces shoulder insignia, Private Briggs' identity tag and a brass disc containing the inscription He died for freedom and honour : Dick George Briggs

Margaret's autograph book, Photograph of Margaret and George's wedding day, Australian Imperial Force cap badge, Australian Imperial force 1914/15 medal, Employers medal awarded by the mining company who ran Abermain Colliery to the men who had served it is inscribed on the back with his details, George's Australian passport used upon re-immigration. || My Grandfather George Alexander Mitchell emigrated to Australia to work as a miner in Ipswich near Brisbane around 1910/11 and joined the Imperial Australian Force July 27 1915.He was sent to fight on the Western Front for the duration. During his leave he returned to his Mother's home in Lochore in Fife and there met Margaret Selby who later became his wife. George returned to Australia in March 1919 to be demobbed and then re-emigrated to Scotland in March 1920. Margaret and George married in August 1920. || || Margaret Mitchell's (Selby) autograph book || Cover of autograph book || Autograph || Home Front || Front || Women || || Photograph of George Alexander Mitchell and Margaret Selby on their wedding day || Home Front || || Memorabilia || Australian Imperial force cap badge || Cap badge || || Italian Front || Australian Imperial force 1914/15 medal || Western Front || Medal || Medal Awarded to George Alexander Mitchell || || medal awarded by their employers to men working at Abermain Colliery in Australia who had served in the Australain Imperial force || English || Slovenščina || Medal || Employers medal awarded to men working at Abermain Colliery in Australia || -27.6140932,152.7584716 || Ipswich, Australia || || Official document || George's Australian passport used when he returned to the UK || Front || Australian passport || || Back || Official document || Back of Australian passport || Back page of George's Australian passport

This isn't a long story to put here, but every little counts. Some years ago, I was given a small box with a lot of things in it, after my Great-Grandmother died. The box is a green, cardboard box that once contained 100 Churchman's No.1 cigarettes. It actually now contained my Great-Grandfather's medals and other wartime things. Some of what's in the box shows more than just a war record, but also a little of the record of his capture during whichever battle he was part of, early in the war. I don't know which, although it could be either Festubert or Loos in 1915. This is due to the box containing German and Netherlands coins and a ticket, which is labelled for 5 pfennig and Gefangenen-lager Zollverein, which I think is a detention camp money ticket. His medals are in the box, so are his metal clothing tags showing T 18 London, or smaller ones showing T London. I have his coat buttons with the London Irish Rifles insignia on them and also some bits of cloth, his soap with something carved on it and, much more interesting to me as a young boy when I got this, his 6-sided brass put and take game. As he died young and my great-grandmother didn't talk much about him, we didn't know much about his wartime life. Both I and my brother have tried to find stuff on the Internet, but we don't seem to get too far. || British War Medal, Victory Medal, both with a Service Wounded Stripe on their ribbons. Single Service Wounded Stripe. 3 brass flat-strip Service Wounded Stripes (with No. 4 printed on them). 2 T 18 London clothing tags, metal. Single T London clothing tag in metal, probably a hat insignia. 1 small and 1 tiny brass buttons with royal insignia on them. 4 large, 6 medium and one small buttons with London Irish Rifle insignia. 1 brown soap with something carved into it. 1 put and take brass game. A 5 Pfennig ticket from Gefangenen-lager Zollverein. 6 Dutch coins 6 German coins. A piece of light-brown cloth A piece of dark blue cloth with a button sown onto it.