posted on 2024-01-12, 10:52authored byLest We Forget Project Team
1. Picture in a frame of brothers Ernest and Raymond Garstang. They were the contributor's mother's cousins. They were born and brought up in Lancashire. Raymond was born in 1898 and was only 18 when he joined the fusiliers. Ernest joined his local regiment, and both of them survived the war.
2. Postcard sent by Ernest to his aunt and uncle after the war had ended. The postcard was sent on 19th December 1918. The postcard had a stamp on it, saying it had been censored -even after the war they were still checking letters! He was staying on the continent to 'clean up' after the war. He wrote on the front of the postcard, showing where he stayed for three days after he was shot in Thuin, a municipality in Belgium. He wrote about corned beef!
History
Name of contributor(s)
Norman Dawson
Subject of the story/individual the object(s) relate to
Ernest and Raymond Garstang
Date(s) the event(s) in the story took place
1916-18; 19/12/1918
Location(s) where the event(s) in the story took place