Ref No578-K/7/7/5/5
Title12th Battalion in training, leaving Sheffield, in France, Suez Canal and Egypt
DescriptionIncludes listening to Col. Hughes at Edmund Road Drill Hall; training at Bramhall Lane football ground; route march to Redmires Camp; Sports' Day at Redmires; digging trenches at Redmires; Col. Mainwaring leading the cheers at Surrey Street as the Battalion leaves Sheffield; three postcards showing trenches at Mailly-Maillet in Somme region of France, destruction at Ecurie and Hebuterne; bathing and the food ship Nestor in the Suez Canal; views of Lens, Serre and the scene of the Cadorna attack; and the memorial unveiled in Sheffield Cathedral 20 Dec 1919.
Date1914-1919
FormatPhotograph
NotesImages have had edges masked off in grey paint and have printing instructions written on reverse, possibly indicated that they have been published.
Extent29 items
Access StatusOpen
TermFirst World War (1914-1918)
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