What can you tell me about these men?

Q Here is a photo (Figure 1) of my great-grandfather George Brighty Pumfrett, taken whilst he was serving as an Officer with the 17th Lancers. The image is taken from a glass plate which my father had

When Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939, the Army numbered just over one million men, comprising both the regular forces and the part-time Territorial Army. The National Service (Armed

Jon Spacie says: Here is a photograph that I inherited many years ago from a local man whose family and mine crossed in earlier times. He wrote on the face that the woman was Elizabeth Spacie born Ast

Q I think this may be my late grandmother, Amy Ethel Parker, born in 1890 – I found the photograph among her things. I know she worked in the Royal Flying Corps’ stores during the First World War. Pau

I was very interested to read Nicola Johnson’s article exploring the world of stokers in your January 2026 issue. My great grandfather, John Thomas Gray, was a stoker on the HMS Indomitable during the

One day this month saw the sale of the medals of a naval war hero and the collection of a long-serving art critic with a keen eye for pictures