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Collapse D1573 - Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier - 1916-1969D1573 - Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier - 1916-1969
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Collapse 1 - Album of drawings by H J Rylands during active service depicting situations and people, often with comic comments, including transport, billets, gas mask, hospital 'trench French', self portrait and portraits of other officers including Major W W Hammond; places mentioned include Newmarket, Béthune, Givenchy, Bliesheim, Natoye, Vermelles, Loos, Robecq, Abbeville, Camiers; including official Christmas card 1918 - 1916-19181 - Album of drawings by H J Rylands during active service depicting situations and people, often with comic comments, including transport, billets, gas mask, hospital 'trench French', self portrait and portraits of other officers including Major W W Hammond; places mentioned include Newmarket, Béthune, Givenchy, Bliesheim, Natoye, Vermelles, Loos, Robecq, Abbeville, Camiers; including official Christmas card 1918 - 1916-1918
1 - Cartoon by H J Rylands captioned "The cheerful countenances with which we greet our Bayonet Fighting Instructor, at 6.15am!" - 7 May 1916
2 - Cutting from The Telegraph showing a drawn map of the British Front and the Hindenburg Line - 26 Jan 1918
3 - Printed Christmas card from 'Jack', featuring a message from [King] George, Colonel-in-Chief of the Machine Gun Corps and illustrations captioned 'A Machine Gunner', 'Absent Friends', 'In Action' and 'Going into Action' - 1918
4 - Cartoon by H J Rylands captioned 'Before Enlisting' - c1914-1918
5 - Cartoon by H J Rylands captioned 'After Listing' - c1914-1918
6 - Cartoon by H J Rylands captioned 'YE SILENCE ROOM.' and drawn at Godolphine House, Newmarket - 16 Mar 1916
7 - Cartoon by H J Rylands captioned 'OUT FOR EXERCISE' - c1914-1918
8 - Cartoon by H J Rylands captioned 'A NEWMARKET TYPE' - 23 Mar 1916
9 - Cartoon by H J Rylands captioned 'OUT FOR A GALLOP' - 28 Apr 1916
10 - Cartoon by H J Rylands captioned 'OUR HUTS ARE SO COOL AND AIRY' - 30 Mar 1916
11 - Cartoon by H J Rylands reading 'This is not a scarecrow, but merely a junior sub, after making  a hasty toilet.  He turned out of bed at 6.12 am & was out on parade ready to take some of us in Bayonet Fighting at 6.15 am.' - 4 May 1916
12 - Cartoon by H J Rylands reading 'On the lookout for "Zepps which pass in the Night."  (Sometimes they don't pass at all but still we look for them.)' - 4 Apr 1916
13 - Cartoon by H J Rylands reading 'INSTRUCTOR: "Now when I says "MOUNT", I want to see yer vault into the saddle, wivout a touching the stirrup, & I don't want to see yer a climbin' up the 'oss!"' - 10 Jun 1916
14 - Cartoon by H J Rylands with two illustrations reading (i) The first time you take a jump it appears to you like this: (ii) Whereas it really is more like this! - 1 Jul 1916
15 - Cartoon by H J Rylands - c1914-1918
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102 - Cartoon by H J Rylands - c1914-1918
103 - Cartoon by H J Rylands - c1914-1918
2 - Correspondence regarding microfilming of album by Imperial War Museum - 1969
Expand 3 - Postcards: Dieppe; prisoners at Noeux les Mine c 1915; Portuguese troops at Aire sur la Lys etc - 1914-19183 - Postcards: Dieppe; prisoners at Noeux les Mine c 1915; Portuguese troops at Aire sur la Lys etc - 1914-1918
4 - Letter from H J Ryland ('Orace) to Major W W Hammond refers to Hammond's injury, problems with officers, loss of horses, also detailed description of moving into the front line 17 Oct - 1918
5 - Envelope addressed to Mrs W W Hammond in Downham Market, Norfolk, postmarked 29 Aug 1916, enclosing piece of lace from Roman Catholic priest's gown and pressed flower; endorsed "piece of lace from padre gown - RC priest - all his robes are lying about in the garden, library all torn up & home wrecked, terrible sight" - ?1916
Expand 2 - Horace John Rylands: copy documents - 20142 - Horace John Rylands: copy documents - 2014
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