A boy and his soldier-father photographed in Camden | 1916
The subjects of this real photographic postcard are small boy standing on a bench and his soldier–father. The three upturned chevrons on the soldier’s lower right-hand sleeve are good-conduct stripes, signifying that he has served in the British Army for twelve years without having been disciplined. Below the good-conduct stripes is a wound stripe, indicating that he has been wounded, and suggesting that this photograph dates from after August 1916, when wound stripes were introduced. This is confirmed by a stamp on the reverse, which states ‘18 DEC 1916’. The name of the studio that father and son visited in order to be photographed is also given: ‘Photo by The Florence Studio, 103 High Street, Camden Town in north London’.
A real photographic postcard
Postcard
A photograph of a British soldier and his son
CONTRIBUTOR
The Army Children Archive
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
1
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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