Meanings of Military Service 1914 - air-raids

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Picture of the Bombed Babies

suser — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:44:53 +0000

Bombed Babies

A newspaper cutting from the Daily Mirror which began a campaign for toys for the young victims affected by the air raid in East London. This photograph shows the toys being distributed to children in the London Hospital.

Image Courtesy of Royal London Hospital Archives.

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1917

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Bombed Babies

suser — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:44:53 +0000

'Bombed Babies' Newspaper Article.

The article describes how readers of the paper had kindly donated toys to the young victims of the air raids. It tells of how the children responded to their toys and how the gifts had helped to alleviate their 'bomb-shock'.

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Bringing up the Reinforcements at the London hospital 2

suser — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:44:53 +0000

Bringing up the Reinforcements 2.

The picture shows the babies born during the war. The inscription on the back reads: 'This is what I promised you. What do you think of it? Nurse Ponting had an operation for appendicitis last Monday she is going on very nicely the last time I heard. Did not see anything of the Zepps last night, but head 4 bangs which I put down to bombs where they were I do not know. From G. Walker.'

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London

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1915

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Letter from General Sir Neville Lyttelton to Katherine Lyttelton

suser — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:44:48 +0000

Transcript-Lyttelton.pdf

Letter from General Sir Neville Lyttelton to his wife Katherine Lyttelton, 25th September 1916.

The letter from Neville Lyttelton describes a Zeppelin raid over London. The second paragraph of the letter reads: 'The servants heard the row on the Zeppelin night, bombs and guns Lizzie says that Brixton and Kennington got rather heavily bombed.' Over 50 bombing raids were made by airships on England during the war.

Click on the link above to download the transcribed letter. PDF's may take a while to download depending on the speed of your internet connection.

Image Courtesy of Queen Mary University of London Archives.

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