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This is Peter the sheep, who was born on a farm in Sussex during April 1914. Peter was a Southdown sheep – a small British breed of sheep from the South Downs in Sussex. He was bottle fed after his mother died and became very accustomed to people. Peter served as the beloved […]
I want you all now to help me to send a Christmas present from the whole nation to every sailor afloat and every soldier at the front. Princess Mary Presents for the Troops In 1914, Princess Mary created a fund to give a Christmas gift to every British Empire soldier and sailor in 1914. Through […]
Charlie Crane received this temperance medal for three years of army service without drinking or smoking. A clasp added to these medals shows that a soldier completed an extra year without drinking. The Fidelity clasp usually attaches to the one-year medal, not this three-year award. We think it means Charlie stayed sober for four years. […]
“Our motto.” Your King and your Country need you and this is how they feed you bow. bow” The ‘motto’ stitched to this biscuit was written by Private Alfred Jackson. He received the biscuit as part of his rations when he served in the First World War. This Number Four army biscuit, made by Huntley […]
This is a piece of the Queen’s Colour which travelled with the 31st Regiment of Foot during the First Anglo-Sikh War (December 1845 – February 1846). The 31st Regiment of Foot later became part of the East Surrey Regiment, one of the PWRR’s forebears. The Regiment remembers the bravery of one of the 31st’s soldiers every […]
… whilst in command of the battalion scouts in advance of the vanguard, he was held up by the enemy but succeeded in rallying some troops who had lost their leaders, and in organising a firing line he showed great skill and initiative throughout the operation Military Cross Citation, London Gazette, 4th February 1918 This […]
For “the best all-round men taking part in the South Africa campaign” Queen Victoria Queen Victoria crocheted this scarf. She stitched her initials, VRI (Victoria Regina et Imperatrix – Queen and Empress Victoria), onto the wool in gold thread. The queen sent eight scarves to South Africa during the Second Anglo-Boer War in April 1900. […]
The platoon commanders kicked off and the match against Death commenced… The gallant captain himself fell early in the charge, and men began to drop rapidly under the hail of machine-gun bullets. But still the footballs were booted on-wards, with hoarse cries of encouragement or defiance. The Daily Telegraph, 12 July 1916 On the first […]
