Wars

Thornalley, Capt. S. Thornalley

Museum Ref No: F2b_0012 det.
Capt. S. Thornalley 2 I.C., C.Coy., Poole A.Tk. Island Command, 3rd Dorset H.G., July 1944.
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Trench digging

Museum Ref No: G9_0014
Yeovil V.T.C. (Volunteer Training Corps) Trench digging no.3; men in shirt sleeves with spades/shovels and some soldiers; written by J.H. and E. Poole to Mrs A. Harris, 7 November 1915.
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U107

Museum Ref No: B4a_0109
Captured German submarine U107 at Poole Quay 1919 with a crowd of spectators. From the Ernest Bristowe collection.
Photograph

War Memorial, Broadstone

Museum Ref No: AH_War_Memorial_Broadstone_2
Postcard caption reads "The War Memorial, Broadstone". From the Andrew Hawkes collection.
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War with France, 1756

Extract from the Salisbury Journal for 31 May 1756. War declared on France. Shipping movements curtailed. "Fox", privateer, preparing to sail.
Newspaper

White, Horse in the First World War

Museum Ref No: G9_0011
Horse used by Percy Charles White in picket line at army camp; horse has a protective fringe over its eyes; saddle loaded up with packs; 1915.
Photograph

White, Lt. H.F. White

Museum Ref No: F2b_0012 det.
Lt. A.C. Jones, D.Coy., Poole A.Tk. Island Command, 3rd Dorset H.G., July 1944.
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Williams, Lt. A.J. Williams

Museum Ref No: F2b_0012 det.
Lt. A.J. Williams, J.Coy., Poole A.Tk. Island Command, 3rd Dorset H.G., July 1941.
Photograph

World War 1 cartoon postcard

Museum Ref No: Stickland collection WW1, Cartoon, Cartoon back
Cartoon postcard. From the Stickland collection, Poole Museum.
Photograph

Wrens (WRNS) and sailors at Hamworthy Naval Base

Museum Ref No: G9_0001
Postcard picture of 16 WRNS and 6 sailors in posed group; members of Hamworthy Naval Base; 1917. Photograph by Welch (226 High Street, Poole).
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