In 1915 Nona Hildyard was a nurse on board the transport ship Marquette, sailing from Alexandria to Salonika. On October 23rd 1915 the ship was hit by a German torpedo and sunk with the loss of...
With Best Love and Kisses From Laurie. To My Dearest Girls. XXXX
Embrodiered front - with crest flanked by 2 figures.To Mabel With best wishes from Ernie
William Brookes was born at Penkridge in Staffordshire in 1881. After working as a farm labourer, William joined the North Staffordshire Regiment on 28 December 1899 and soon found himself on the...
September 23rd marks the day that the Canterbury troopships, Athenic and Tahiti, left Lyttelton in 1914. There had been...
Greeting 1914/1915