THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

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Re: THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Postby kiwi » Fri May 27, 2022 9:01 am

With the outbreak of war, London motor buses are adapted for army use. Their tops have been removed and converted for use as transport vehicles.
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WW1, c1914.

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Re: THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Postby kiwi » Sun Jul 31, 2022 3:19 am

Bermondsey 1917, subsidized Food. Children queuing up for penny meals from a soup kitchen.  X..png
Bermondsey 1917, subsidized Food. Children queuing up for penny meals from a soup kitchen.

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Re: THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Postby kiwi » Fri Apr 07, 2023 5:33 am

All lived in the Silwood Street Area.
Sergeant William Robert Gibbins. Royal Naval Division Chatham Battalion. Lived at 48 Bracton Road, Rotherhithe.
Was killed on 05/10/1914 age 29, buried Schoonselhof Cemetery, Belgium.

PRIVATE ALFRED PERRIN.
London Gazette 14th September 1916. His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to award the Military Medal for bravery in the field to the under mentioned:
869 Pte. A. Perrin, Royal West Kent Regiment, son of Philip and Agnes Perrin, of 15 Edale Road, Rotherhithe.
Sadly, Private Alfred PERRIN, G/869, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, was killed in action, Flanders France, 3rd October 1917, age 24.

PRIVATE JAMES KELLY, 27 Edale Road, Rotherhithe, aged 19.
In December 1917,HM Troopship Osmanieh was taking troops to Egypt to participate in the Palestine compaing,on the 31st December 1917, as it was approaching the port of Alexandria in Egypt, unbeknown to anyone she was in the area where a German submarine had laid mines a few days earlier and when she hit one of these mines,she sank within seven minutes in the same place that HMT Arogan had been torpedoed the previous day. One hundred and ninety-nine people aboard HM Osmanieh lost their lives. Including JAMES KELLY of the Royal Engineers.

I wonder if they knew each other. :?:
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Re: THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Postby kiwi » Sat May 20, 2023 11:31 pm

On the side of 2nd bus, it looks like the Old Kent Road Garage. :?:
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Off to War by London Bus, WW1 c1914.

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Re: THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Postby kiwi » Sun Nov 05, 2023 11:07 pm

Bottom picture, Soldiers in Jamaica Road, Bermondsey 1914.
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St Thomas's Hospital London WW1.

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Re: THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Postby kiwi » Sat Jan 13, 2024 2:19 am

Looking at the posters would you want your love one’s to go to War. :?: :(
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Re: THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Postby kiwi » Sat Feb 03, 2024 12:25 am

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Died 18th April.1918.
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Re: THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Postby kiwi » Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:14 am

This postcard from Ethel in Bow to her aunt, Mrs. Russell in Union Road (now Jamaica Road) in 1915, checks on the family ‘after the recent Air Raids.
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WW1, such terrible times but still a sense of humour.

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Re: THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Postby kiwi » Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:14 am

Their parents lived at 94 Fort Road, Bermondsey,1911.
Fort Road, Bermondsey. Harry DCM MM, and Arthur Favell. Sadly, both died in WW1.   X.png
Harry DCM MM, and Arthur Favell.

Arthur Favell - Serjeant 1081 - 21st Bn London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) died on Thursday 18th May 1916. He is buried in the Cabaret - Rouge British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Also, his brother
Harry Favell DCM MM - Company Quartermaster Serjeant 680156 22nd Battalion London Regiment died on Monday 2nd September 1918. His grave is in Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France. He was awarded both the DCM (Distinguished Conduct Medal) and the MM (Military Medal. The brothers were from Bermondsey in London.
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