Oldham Historical Research Group

'THE GREAT WAR',     'THE WAR TO END WAR',     'WORLD WAR 1'
'What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
- Only the monstrous anger of the guns.'
                                                                                                  
from 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' by Wilfred Owen

1914 - 1918

LETTERS & CARDS SENT FROM SERVICEMEN & WOMEN

Many included in the 'Servicemen We Know' Pages
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Bethune 1920
Asa Crabtree, RAMC
to Lily and Jim Goodyear in 1920.
Shows the ruins of Bethune,
in France.

 

Greetings Card 7th division, 1916 Albert Bentley
'The Manchester Regiment
of Oldham
Greetings Card 7th division, 1916

Greetings Card 7th division, "Going to the Trenches" 1915
Albert Bentley
'The Manchester Regiment
of Oldham
Greetings Card 7th division, "Going to the Trenches" 1915

 

souvenir card France WW1
Fred Garside 440714
Pioneer, Royal Engineers, 58th Searchlight Section.

 


Postcard sent by James Wilkins
to his mother in Oldham

 

3 letters from Frank Ramsbottom to Frank Goodyear, in Failsworth
Three letters from
Frank Ramsbottom to
Frank Goodyear, in Failsworth.

 


Letter from Walter G.T. Wade, MM
Plus a little of his story from
Service Records and censuses.


Greetings Card for The Manchester Regiment, 1916
Albert Bentley
'The Manchester Regiment
of Oldham
Greetings Card The Manchester Regiment, 1916

 

Church Parade for the 22nd and 24th Manchesters at Grantham, 1915
Albert Bentley
'The Manchester Regiment
of Oldham
Church Parade for the 22nd and 24th Manchesters at Grantham, 1915

 

Greetings card 1914-1915
Card sent December 1914,
from 'Joe' to Mr. & Mrs Goodyear,
in Failsworth.


Greetings card 1917
Regimental Card sent at
Christmas 1917 from 'Albert'
to Mr. & Mrs Goodyear,
in Failsworth.

 

Greetings card 1914-1915
Card sent 1914-1915
from 'Joe' to Mr. & Mrs Goodyear,
in Failsworth.


card from prisonerof war 1917
Card sent in 1917
from John Thomas Fenton,
Prisoner of War in Germany.

 

RFA postcards
R.F.A.Postcards in Driver Ben Howarth's pages

 

Postcards sent by Driver Ben Howarth
Postcard in Driver
Ben Howarth's pages

 

Postcards sent by Driver Ben Howarth
Postcard in
Driver Ben Howarth's pages

 

Cowen, Ramsey, I.O.M.
Postcard / photo of
Cowen, Ramsey, I.O.M.
sent by Private James Pinder

 

Red Cross hospital, Balcomb.
Postcard / photo of
Red Cross hospital, Balcomb.
sent by Private James Pinder

 

Margate
Postcard / photo of
Margate
sent by Private James Pinder

 

H.M.A. Delta, at Crawley
Postcard / photo of
H.M.A. Delta, at Crawley
sent by Private James Pinder

 

Brighton
Postcard / photo of
Brighton
sent by Private James Pinder

 

Margate
Postcard / photo of
Margate
sent by Private James Pinder

 


Postcard / photo of
High Street, Crawley
sent by Private James Pinder

 

Camp at Marske
Postcard / photo of
Camp at Marske
sent by Private James Pinder

 

Rest Camp at Pathankot
Postcard / photo of
Rest Camp at Pathankot
sent by Private James Pinder

 

Balun Depot, Dalhousie
Postcard / photo of
Balun Depot, Dalhousie
sent by Private James Pinder

 

No. 2 Rest Camp, DharNo. 2 Rest Camp, Dhar
Postcard / photo of
No. 2 Rest Camp, Dhar
sent by Private James Pinder

 

Monumebnt Old Fort, Mooltan
Postcard / photo of
Monumebnt Old Fort, Mooltan
sent by Private James Pinder

 

Amritsar Ciry
Postcard / photo of
Amritsar Ciry
sent by Private James Pinder

 

Garrison M. Police at Dalhousie
Postcard / photo of
Garrison M. Police at Dalhousie
sent by Private James Pinder

 

Barracks at Dalhousie
Postcard / photo of
Barracks at Dalhousie
sent by Private James Pinder

 

SS 'Euripides'
Postcard / photo of
SS 'Euripides'
sent by Private James Pinder

 

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