Robert Stanley SEDGEWICK born c1896 Thornaby, Ser. No. 1228 Gnr. 3rd. 'D' Battery, NB Royal Field Artillery. Caption: A Souvenir of the GREAT EUROPEAN WAR - 1914, by Leo Legge & Co.
Robert’s brother Henry Hector SEDGEWICK born c1900 Thornaby, Ser. No. 158762 Pte. Northumberland Fusiliers, unfortunately no image, both survived the war and were demobbed.
Date (of image) : 1914
Donor : ORBC/Neil G. Wainwright
Part of the "Fred's Little Book" collection
Location
These images are from two albums which are part of a unique record of young men and women who were members of the Oxford Road Baptist Church, West Hartlepool and enlisted in the First World War. Some of the photos and postcards note; Name, Rank, Service No., Regiment and the dates letters and parcels were sent to them. The originator of this collection was a Mr. Fred Marsden a member of the Church and also a Postman. 'Fred's little book' as it is referred to contains 177 separate entries.
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