Compiled and coloured from his own collection of Joseph Ripley’s photographs of soldiers at Shoreham and Southwick during WW1 by local historian Neil De Ville ©2016
The history portal for Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England
The history portal for Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England
Compiled and coloured from his own collection of Joseph Ripley’s photographs of soldiers at Shoreham and Southwick during WW1 by local historian Neil De Ville ©2016
Very evocative, of the events at Southwick and Shoreham during the Great War, I wonder how many of the men, who were mainly raw recruits, returned to England, after all the fighting and slaughter on the Western Front was over….The scenes show the British Spirit, which prevailed
and eventually brought Victory…..to the Allies….The Influence of men who returned from India
where they had been soldiering , could be seen ,
+with the photo of the prize winners of the Pankawallahs Cup
It no doubt referred to a Punkawallah, an Individual in India, whose job it was to fan, the British
by using a Punka, which was a blanket, fixed up and waved to create a draft..of cooling air.
Hi
Just looking through a few WW1 post cards and came across Eastern Command Depot Football Team Shoreham by Sea 1916-17.
14 guys in photo.
Hi Phillip, we would love to see the photo – can you scan and post it on the forum?