1914-1918 Press Release Images

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  • Red Cross canteen staff and railway station employees

    Red Cross canteen staff and railway station employees September 1916, on the site of the current Banbury railway station

    Credit: Kevin Northover

  • ‘D' Squadron, Oxfordshire Yeomanry,

    'D' Squadron, Oxfordshire Yeomanry, outside their tent 1914

    Credit: Kevin Northover

  • Alfred Lampitt of 4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry with son Alf and daughter Clara

    Alfred Lampitt of 4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry with son Alf and daughter Clara

    Credit: Kevin Northover

  • Harry and George Brain

    Brothers George Brain, 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters [Notts and Derby] Regiment killed in action 22nd March 1918 and Harry Brain, Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, in Havrincourt, France

    Credit: Keith Brain

  • Death notice for Albert Brain

    Death notice for Albert Brain, 2nd Battalion Warwick Regiment, missing presumed killed in action 21 November 1914

    Credit: Keith Brain

  • Harry Brain (Back row 5th from left, the smallest) Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars recuperating at Red Cross Hospital

    Harry Brain (Back row 5th from left) Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars recuperating at Red Cross Hospital, West Street, Grimsbury

    Credit: Keith Brain

  • Chloe Coules with her great-great-grandfathers' medals and 'Death or Glory' Boys cap badge

    Chloe Coules with her great-great-grandfathers' medals and 'Death or Glory' Boys cap badge

    Credit: Giles Davies

  • Close-up of medals and 'Death or Glory Boys' cap badge.

    Close-up of medals and 'Death or Glory' Boys cap badge

    Credit: Giles Davies

  • Kevin Northover with a piece of fabric from a German plane shot down on 29 April 1916 by his great-uncle William Goldsmith's division, and a photograph of William Goldsmith in army uniform

    Kevin Northover with a piece of German plane shot down on 29 April 1916 by his great-uncle William Goldsmith's division and a photograph of William Goldsmith

    Credit: Giles Davies

     

  • Close-up of reverse of piece of fabric of German plane, showing William Goldsmith's hand-written note to his wife

    Close-up of reverse of piece of German plane, showing William Goldsmith's hand-written note

    Credit: Giles Davies

  • Close-up of fabric of piece of German plane

    Close-up of fabric of piece of German plane

    Credit: Giles Davies

  • Photograph of William Goldsmith in army uniform, captioned ‘Uncle Will' and taken at Blinkhorns, Banbury.

    William Goldsmith in army uniform,captioned ‘Uncle Will' and taken at Blinkhorns, Banbury

    Credit: Giles Davies

  • Kurt Geiler's Bible

    Kurt Geiler's Bible

    Credit: Cornelius Geiler

  • Kurt Geiler's Bible

    Kurt Geiler's Bible

    Credit: Cornelius Geiler

  • Markus Geiler with the bible that saved his grandfather's life

    Markus Geiler with the bible that saved his grandfather's life

    Credit: Frank Drauschke

  • Picture of Kurt Geiler (on the left)

    Picture of Kurt Geiler (on the left)

    Credit: Cornelius Geiler

  • Postcard from Adolf Hitler to Karl Lanzhammer

    Postcard from Adolf Hitler to Karl Lanzham

    Credit: Europeana

  • Postcard from Adolf Hitler to Karl Lanzhammer

    Postcard from Adolf Hitler to Karl Lanzhammer

    Credit: Europeana

  • Postcard from Adolf Hitler to Karl Lanzhammer

    Postcard from Adolf Hitler to Karl Lanzhammer

    Credit: Europeana

     

  • Crucifixion in a bottle

    Crucifix in a bottle

    Credit: Starko Zupan

  • Slavko Zupan talking with Matej Arcon the mayor of Nova Gorcia, at the roadshow

    Slavko Zupan talking with Matej Arcon, the mayor of Nova Goriza

    Credit: Frank Drauschke

  • Extract John Stafford's wartime experiences

    Extract John Stafford's wartime experiences

    Credit: Joan Almond

  • Complete transcription of John Stafford's Wartime Experiences

    Complete transcription of John Stafford's Wartime Experiences

    Credit: Joan Almond

  • John Stafford, 5th Liverpool Regiment

    John Stafford, 5th Liverpool Regiment

    Credit: Joan Almond

  • Passport of Joseph Heapes, Royal Irish Rifles, in later life

    Passport of Joseph Heapes, Royal Irish Rifles, in later life

    Credit: Máire Uí Éafa

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