For original picture see ALC02142. The lad watching in a cap was Harry Victor Barker, Alan Brook’s mum’s dad. He was so fired up by watching these recruits that he subsequently signed up himself, lying about his age to do so. He went to France and…
Part of a collection of postcards posted to Mr A Barrett, 147 Halifax Road, Todmorden dated 15.7.1918. written on the rear is: 'This one, is our Section, with the N.C.O.'s and men. I think you will be able to make me out amongst the boys'. 'This…
Part of a collection of postcards posted to Mr A Barrett, 147 Halifax Road, Todmorden dated 15.7.1918, written on the rear is: Some of our lorries on the Road. Note the hilly country: Some of our lorries on the Road. Note the hilly country.
Clarence Hebblethwaite Holt is standing on the left. He was in the 2/10 Manchester Regiment. He enlisted in 1916 whilst living and working as a printer/compositor in Manchester. His mother and his wife's family lived in Luddenden, where they had…
Created by Jamie Wardley of Sandinyoureye as part of the Hebden Royd Town Council commemoration of the start of WW1. Entitled 'Loss is Eternal' it depicts the receipt of a notification of the death of a loved one.