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Photograph: grave of David Norman Worswick
Photograph: grave of David Norman Worswick
WOR/1/48/11 · Item · nd [c1920]
Part of Worswick family papers

Black and white photograph of a battlefield with various wooden crosses including the grave of Lance Corporal David Norman Worswick, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, d.15 Sep 1916.

[It is believed he was killed in action during the Battle of Fleurs-Courcelette. According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission he is buried at Guards' Cemetery, LesBoeufs, Somme, France.]
Contents of photograph album
WOR/1/48 · Subseries · nd [c1910-1930]
Part of Worswick family papers
Contents of photograph album featuring images of Thomas Worswick, the Royal Flying Corps, France post World War One, and some documents. Includes images of the aftermath of the war.
Photograph album: A Visit to the Battle-fields 1921
WOR/1/1 · Item · 1921
Part of Worswick family papers

Brown album of photographgraphs taken at various First World War, battlefields in France and Belgium. The album is entitled 'A Visit to the Battle-Fields [sic] 1921' and includes photographs of sites of the Somme and Ancre between Albert and Ypres.

Photo 1 - [the members of the group, all members of the armed forces, likely RFC -page is loose]
Photos 2-5 - Albert, The Cathedral
Photo 6 - The Ancre, near Hamel Station
Photo 7 - Hamel, View From British Line 1915
Photo 8 - 'Y' Ravine (Beaumont Hamel), Behind the German Dug-Outs
Photo 9 - 'Y' Ravine, A German Dug-Out
Photo 10 - 'Y' Ravine, 'Officers' Mess'
Photo 11 - La Boiselle, Reclaimed Battle-ground
Photo 12 - La Boiselle, La Grande Mine [Lochnagar Crater]
Photo 13 - Pozieres, German O.P.
Photo 14 - Pozieres, Entrance to Dug-Out (German O.P.)
Photo 15 - Pozieres, Monument to A.I.F. [Australian Imperial Force]
Photo 16 - Ypres, The Cathedral
Photo 17 - Ypres, The Cloth Hall
Photo 18 - La Hooge, The Tank Cemetry[sic]
Photo 19 - La Hooge, A German O.P.
Photo 20 - La Hooge, The Remains of A German Dug-Out
Photo 21 - Poelcapelle, 'Sunk in Flanders' Mud'
Photo 22 - Poelcapelle, The British Cemetery (20,000 graves)
Photo 23 - Mt. Kemmel, The Southern Defence of Ypres
Photo 24 - Hazebrouck
Photo 25 - 'On Leave'

Also includes a hand drawn map of the western front 'specifically drawn for The Alleyn's School Cadet Corps', stuck on inside cover.
Christmas letter and New year card from JEK Studd
RSP/9/2/8 · Item · Dec 1918
Part of Regent Street Polytechnic
Letter from JEK Studd to members of the Polytechnic reflecting on the impact of the Great war and attempts to get the clubs re-started, as well as a printed New year card. Includes a covering letter explaining that a member of the family, Alfred Norfolk, is listed on the Polytechnic war memorial
Training for disabled ex-servicemen
RSP/9/1/49 · Item · nd [1917-1929]
Part of Regent Street Polytechnic

Album containing photographs of servicemen, who were disabled in WW1, receiving training at Roehampton, Regent Street Polytechnic and Queen Mary's workshops, Brighton, as well as the workshops of CA Vandervell & Co, RH Davis & Co and the London United Tramways Generating and Sub-stations The photographs are labelled with a description of the activities; some also have the names of the individuals and the nature of their disability. The captions are labelled with letters and numbers but it is not clear what these relate to.

Activities depicted include: electricians, motor driving and repairs, woodwork, glass working, repair and adjustment of resistance frames, Magneto construction, bootmaking, submarine fittings, ladies handbags (leatherwork), engineering, commercial training, tinsmithery, Kinematograph operation (cinema)

Individuals mentioned are: W Chaplin 1/Hants Regiment; Leading Cook Wooding, HMS Lightning; H Gurbey 1/Herts, B Dale 2/Grenadier Guards; J Middleton RHA; G Smith 1/N Staffordshire

Also included are photographs of the exterior and interiors of the Queen Mary's workshops at Brighton Pavilion Hospital, as well as general view of the RH Davis & Co Fancy Leather factory with many women workers as well as the disabled men.
[51 photographs in total].
World War One
RSP/9 · Series · 1914-1928
Part of Regent Street Polytechnic
This section was created in order to keep together the unusual and extraordinary records produced during this period in the organisation's history as they would not fit comfortably with the normal administrative records.