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H.M.S. Digby WWI photograph album, 1914-1915
Collection
Identifier: 2009-007
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs chronicling the voyages of the Armed Merchant Cruiser H.M.S. Digby while on loan to the British Navy during World War I. More a travelogue than a war journal, the photographs document how the ship sailed from the North Sea to Greece, through the Suez Canal, to Singapore and Hong Kong, British Columbia, down the California and Mexican coasts, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Most of the photos show stunning views from the deck of the ship looking out towards sea, of the...
Dates:
1914 - 1915
WWI British Territorial Forces, 3rd Home Counties Brigade photo album, 1914-1918
Collection
Identifier: 2016-047
Scope and Contents
An album of tipped-in photographs compiled by an unidentified soldier--a member of the 3rd Home Counties Brigade, A Royal Field Artillery (Cinque Ports) division of Britain's Territorial Forces during WWI; the division's purpose was to relieve regular troops needed at the Front. The photos document the soldier's service in India and Mesopotania, showing a variety of both personal and professional experiences ranging from tourist-type acitivities, hunting excursions, and views of the brigade...
Dates:
1914 - 1918
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- Postcards -- World War I. 1
- Prisoners of war -- 1910-1920. 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Aftermath -- France 1
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