Category Archives: Documents, Maps & Artwork

The Army Field Service Post Card

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Magicfingers

Army Form A. 2042.  The ubiquitous Army Field Service Post Card, this example posted in December 1916 (note the ‘Canadian Corps HQ’ written at the top of the card).  How many millions, and I mean millions, of these found their … Continue reading →

Posted in Documents, Maps & Artwork, Prisoners-of-War | 9 Comments

New Arrival

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Magicfingers

I’m very sorry about this.  I don’t normally do this sort of thing.

Posted in Documents, Maps & Artwork, Weaponry & Relics | 6 Comments

Disposition Maps – German Forces 1916-1918

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Magicfingers

A series of seven British maps, this first dating from February 1916, showing the known, or believed, distribution of German forces facing the Allies on the Western Front.

Posted in Documents, Maps & Artwork, French Flanders | 4 Comments

From the Men of 29th Division……

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Magicfingers

This understated 1918 Christmas card from the collection perhaps reflects the mixed emotions felt as the first peacetime Christmas for five years approached.

Posted in Documents, Maps & Artwork | 7 Comments

Fourth Army Standing Orders: Adjutant-General’s and Quartermaster-General’s Branch 1917

Posted on December 15, 2018 by Magicfingers

Now this all sounds a bit dour, doesn’t it? 

Posted in Documents, Maps & Artwork | 10 Comments

A Question of Headstones

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Magicfingers

The white Portland Stone British military headstone that can be seen in CWGC cemeteries across Europe and elsewhere has entered iconic architectural status, not least because of the genius of the simple curvature to the top of each headstone.  I … Continue reading →

Posted in Documents, Maps & Artwork | 42 Comments

German Dispositions at Ledeghem, Summer 1918

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Magicfingers

As we are looking at maps, and having read Filip’s comment on the previous post, this extract from a map dated 11th September 1918, a month or so before the British would capture the village, shows German dispositions in and … Continue reading →

Posted in 1918 - The Advance East, Documents, Maps & Artwork | 6 Comments