MEREM:1996.62

Brief description: postcard, scene of devastation at Neuve Chapelle, during WW1, postcard stamped ‘Army Post Office’ and dated 6th March 1917, postcard addressed to Miss W Birt, Brompton Road, London, SW Classifications: arms Identifications: photograph / postcard / postcard Measurements: height 9cm
MEREM:1996.61

Brief description: postcard, ‘The great war – Estrees [Somme]’ showing entrance to village devastated, printed by Vise, Paris Nos 863, owned by Mrs M Whitfield, Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: arms Identifications: photograph / postcard / postcard Place: Paris Country: France Measurements: height 9cm
MEREM:1996.60

Brief description: pamphlet of words ‘Hymn for wounded and sick’, written during WW1 [1916] by Rev G H Moore, published by G H Moore, Edgbaston, Birmingham, owner Mrs M Whitfield, Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: arms Identifications: pamphlet / hymn Place: Edgbaston Measurements: height 13cm Material: paper
MEREM:1996.59

Brief description: propaganda leaflet in German dropped by RAF over Germany during WW2, 1939-1945 Classifications: arms Identifications: leaflet / propaganda leaflet Measurements: height 21cm Material: paper /
MEREM:1996.58

Brief description: copy of the declaration of abdication by King Edward VIII, 1936, published by HMSO, owned by Mrs Margaret Whitfield, Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: society / government Identifications: notice declaration of abdication Measurements: height 28cm Material: paper
MEREM:1996.57

Brief description: medicine glass with pouring lip, [4 tablespoon capacity], contained in round cardboard box, from Mere British Red Cross Detachment, Mere, Wiltshire, 1914-1918 Classifications: society / health Identifications: medicine glass Measurements: height 7.5cm Material: glass / wood / cardboard
MEREM:1996.56

Brief description: medicine glass with pouring lip, [4 tablespoon capacity], from Mere British Red Cross Detachment, Mere, Wiltshire, 1914-1918 Classifications: society / health Identifications: medicine glass Measurements: height 7cm Material: glass
MEREM:1996.55

Brief description: blue glass eye bath, marked ‘W made in England’, from Mere British Red Cross Detachment, Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: society / health Identifications: eye bath Measurements: height 6cm Material: glass
MEREM:1996.54

Brief description: Sanitas inhaler including mouthpiece and cork, made in England, from Mere British Red Cross Detachment, Mere, Wiltshire, 1914-1918 Classifications: society / health Identifications: inhaler / sanitas inhaler Measurements: height 25cm Material: pottery / china
MEREM:1996.53

Brief description: inhaling flask, made by Royal Winton, Grimkades, England, from Mere British Red Cross Detachment, Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: society / health and social services Identifications: flask / inhaling flask Place: Grimkades Measurements: height 12.5cm Material: pottery / china