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1914-1918 (First World War)

A postcard from William Griffiths, 1915
William Griffiths (born in 1877, probably in London) was an amputee convalescing in the Brighton Pavilion (military hospital) in 1915. ...
Conveyancing document, 6th Nov 1916
Document of conveyance concerning the transfer of 20 Pelham Square from the estate of Miss Mary Pryor Hack to Mr ...
Letter from Jack Bethell, 1915
Llwelyn Slingsby Bethell (known as Jack) was born in London in 1889 but was brought up in Brighton. He was ...
Letter to a POW from Buckingham Palace, 1918
Alfred Langrish was born on 18th October 1886 at 2 Middle Street, Portslade, Sussex. When war broke out in 1914, ...
Letters from the trenches, 1915-1916
Herbert Percy Whitehouse was brought up near Epsom, Surrey. He was killed in February, 1916 just outside Ypres. Months before his death, he ...
Letters of Jack Leech, 1915-1918
John (‘Jack’) Leech was born in Hastings on 20th August 1892 and first came to Brighton around 1910. He worked as ...
Memoir of Arthur Sanders, 1914-1918
Arthur Sanders (1885-1961) was a Conscientious Objector in both World Wars. He was born in Surrey but by 1911 was living ...
Papers related to the Smart family (1917-90)
Frederick Harry Smart (1871-1973) was born in Arundel in 1871 and moved to Hove in 1914, buying a newly-built house ...
Postcard from Annie Ross, 1917
Sergeant Victor Lawrence Ross (born 1887) was a regular soldier in The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry during the First ...
Postcards of William Brooman, 1909-1920
During the First World War, William (Billy) Brooman sent over 100 postcards to his wife, Mrs Grace Brooman, of Cliftonville, ...
Royal Sussex Regiment Cycle Section on parade on Madeira Drive 1913
On the outbreak of the First World War the cyclist battalions were employed on Coastal Defences in the United Kingdom. ...
Where was this photo taken?
Can anyone identify where this photograph was taken? The main subject matter is probably an outing of a Brighton boy’s ...

Letter in the Attic online exhibition

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