Mary Hainge and Bertie Green (photograph); Edward Robbins (diary)
Item
Title
Mary Hainge and Bertie Green (photograph); Edward Robbins (diary)
Who?
Mary Hainge and Bertie Green wedding photo; Edward Robbins' diary
Item(s)
Photograph; diary; shells
Story
Wedding photo - Mary Hainge and Bertie Green.
Diary - Edward Robbins, the contributor's father in law, was an 18-year-old soldier. In the diary there is a knot tying useful information for soldiers. The diary was given to every soldier in the regiment. Robbins was taken prisoner by the Germans two weeks before the end of the war they couldn't afford to feed them all so sent them home quickly.
Shells - 2 pounds of shells fired from a small field gun collected from car boot sale. broad arrow stamped (belongs to the government
Diary - Edward Robbins, the contributor's father in law, was an 18-year-old soldier. In the diary there is a knot tying useful information for soldiers. The diary was given to every soldier in the regiment. Robbins was taken prisoner by the Germans two weeks before the end of the war they couldn't afford to feed them all so sent them home quickly.
Shells - 2 pounds of shells fired from a small field gun collected from car boot sale. broad arrow stamped (belongs to the government
When?
Wedding: 1915
Diary: 1918
Shells: 1915
Diary: 1918
Shells: 1915
Contributor
Daphne Robbins
Collection Day
Oxford Cheney School