Photographs, vintage postcards and other ephemera


Wednesday, 8 October 2014

Corporal Walter Gittens

Corporal Walter Gittens (seated) - read the reverse side of the postcard and find out some of Walter's story over at Wibbo's Words.
On the reverse: R. Guilleminot, Boespflug et Cie, Paris, manufacturer of photographic paper; no details of the photographer or where the portrait was taken; message on postcard dated April 25th, 1916.

In front of the wall

I have no clue as to who these men are - are they soldiers or sailors? Or civilians?
Photograph by E. Dorrill, 158, Canterbury Street, Gillingham, Kent.