posted on 2024-01-12, 14:49authored byLest We Forget Project Team
The uploaded items comprise a photograph album belonging to the contributor's grandmother, Martha 'Dolly' Woodcock (married name Bellerby). Some of the photos are from the First World War period. One postcard, postmarked May 1918, shows a ship carrying exchange prisoners. Others show war damage at Scarborough. The collection includes two cards of Ramsgate with text on the reverse relating to the departure to France. Some cards relate to Ernest, Martha's brother, who must have served.
History
Name of contributor(s)
John Bellerby
Subject of the story/individual the object(s) relate to
Martha 'Dolly' Woodcock (married name Bellerby), the contributor's grandmother.
Date(s) the event(s) in the story took place
1914 - 1918
Location(s) where the event(s) in the story took place
Scarborough; Ramsgate; received at Hull.
Object(s)
Fifteen photographs, including one of exchange prisoners.