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Area Refno Description War1 113 Photo of William J Peake in His Army Uniform WW1. When He Enlisted for Service in the Duke of C War Area RefNo Description War1 113 Photo of William J Peake in his army uniform WW1. When he enlisted for service in the Duke of Cornwall's regiment, he was a carpenter by trade like his father before him. He was stationed at Drake's Island and his 1915 pass shows that he had achieved the rank of sergeant. 115 Photo of WW1 Woman at Sea Plane Base c.1917. Woman identified as Mary Bone Nicholls, one of the first WAAFs. Eric Richards Collection. 134 Photo of Sgt Signaller Edwin Chirgwin, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry WW1, 1915 136 Photo of Samuel Chirgwin WW1 Royal Navy, Rawalpindi May 1916. Samuel was a shipwright. 138 Photo of Samuel Chirgwin WW1 Royal Navy. Rawalpindi 14/7/1916. Samuel was a shipwright. 140 Photo of Samuel Chirgwin WW1 Royal Navy. 142 Photo of Samuel Chirgwin WW1 Royal Navy. 316 Photo of John Wroath b1894. Brother of Hannah Deeble Wroath. Photo taken during WW1. He served in the Mediterranean. Name of ship on hatband but unclear. 591 Photo of Percy Chirgwin WW1 Royal Flying Corps. Donated by Cecil Jenkin. 660 WW1 Newlyn sea plane base. Photo of Short 184 Flying Boat and men at work below wings. Newlyn/Land's End Royal Naval Air Service Station was established January 1917. Formed from 424 and 425 Flights, this was the base of 235 squadron , then No. 9 Operations group from April 1st 1918. From August RNAS Newlyn (Lands End) was headquarters of the newly formed No. 71 (Operations) Wing, incorporating the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Navy Air Service. Photographs Reg Watkiss (Courtesy Landlord, Red Lion). 661 Photo of WW1 Sea plane base showing Felixtowe F2A See 660 662 Photo of WW1 Sea plane base. See 660 663 WW1 Sea plane base. See 660. Short 184 Flying Boat. 'Equally sharp is the recollection of a low‐flying aeroplane, with its roundels large and clear, which skimmed over us boys as we sat on the Old Green beach, and we noted the unusual engine note, for it was making a forced landing and came down, with considerable damage but no loss of life, a short distance away.' Ben Batten, Newlyn Boyhood. 664 Photo of Cecil Chirgwin WW1 DCLI 718 Postcard of Newlyn Town with inset of serviceman. Postcard Schofield & Co. No date. Digital copy. 841 Postcard of Fleets of Peace and War. Valentine Series. Douglas Williams dated this as 1904. See similar postcard NA1616. 1231 Photo of WW1 Sea plane base. Above Newlyn. Newlyn Harbour and village with the sea plane base, 1914 1280 Women Motor Drivers Poster 1281 Photo of Women Motor Drivers 1292 John Richards in uniform, elder brother of Samuel Payne Richards, taken during WW1. Also in the photo is his wife Sarah Richards née Cattran( daughter of William Batten Cattran) and their son, also John Richards. The son emigrated in 1923 to America. The father John lived at Wherrytown after his marriage, first in Coastguard Row (afterwards named Bath Cottages) and then in West Terrace. 1298 Photo of WW1 Sea plane base, Newlyn 1917. During the 1914 ‐1918 war, material from the quarry was used to form the platform for the Newlyn/Land's End Royal Naval Air Service Station. Hangers can be seen and also a Short's by‐plane taking off from the slipway. See Peter London (1999) U‐Boat Hunters, Cornwall's Air War 1916‐1919. Dyllanso Truran, 93pp. Also filed as 3488 under Penlee Quarry. 1415 Photograph taken from Penzance showing Penzance harbour in the foreground with the fleet of the Royal Navy in Mounts Bay, 1914‐1918. Donated by George Hoare. 1417 Text about Short S 184, 1915. 25 July 2015 Page 1 of 18 Area RefNo Description 1424 2 photos of Joseph Charles Webber's grave 2 E 13 at Erquinghem‐Lys Churchyard Extension. Also in photo his granddaughter Pat Semmens. From Pat Semmens 1615 Photo of WW1 Sea plane base, Newlyn 1915. From above showing hangers. 1653 Paper about World War 1 Memorials at the Parish Church of St Pol De Leon, Paul, compiled by Bob Harrison. Digital Copy 1865 Photo of plaque at Paul Church War Memorial WW1. Donated by Bob Harrison. 1939 Photo of Paul Church Internal War Memorial. Undated. Donated by Bob Harrison. 1964 Text for display about The Iron Ration. Digital. 1965 Text for display about The Regular Ration. Digital. 2015 Embroidered Christmas Greetings card sent by Frank Richards from France to his mother in 1915. Many happy returns of the day. Original. Digital. Donated by Ruth Richards. 2016 Card with picture and poem 'A soldiers letter'. Sent by Frank Richards from France to his parents 1915 when he was seventeen years old. Original. Digital. Donated by Ruth Richards. 2017 Photo of Leslie Richards who served in the Royal Navy during WW1. 2018 Photo of Leading Wren Joyce Richards (14/5/1923) from New Road Newlyn. 2019 God Bless this Home. Glass plaque sent by Joyce Richards to her parents at New Road, Newlyn. 2020 Embroidered card with heart sent by Frank Richards from France in 1915 when he was 17 years old. Nothing on back. Original. Digital. Donated by Ruth Richards. 2021 Embroidered card with Flags and inserted note 'I'm thinking of you' with Susie on the back. Card sent by Frank Richards from France to his parents in 1915. On back 'with love from Frank' and date 2/11/1915. Digital. Original. Donated by Ruth Richards. 2022 Embroidered card with Flags and RFA on front. Inserted note 'To my dear father' sent by Frank Richards from France but addressed to his mother Mrs H H Richards, 9 Florence Place Newlyn. Dated 4/1/1915. Signed Frank. Digital. Original. Donated by Ruth Richards. 2023 Embroidered card with inserted card ASA 'Merry Christmas' sent by Frank Richards from France to his aunt when he was 17 years old. Addressed to Miss M J Curnow, 9 Florence Place Newlyn. Dated 4/1/1916. Signed Frank. Digital. Original. Donated by Ruth Richards. 2025 WW1 Emergency Ration tin: purpose of contents to be consumed only when no other rations of any kind are procurable. To open strip off band insert coin in corner groove and turn. NOTICE Not to be opened except by order of an officer. (Found in the roof of Raymond Peake's mother's house in Carne Road next to the school.) Donated by George Hoare. Also some items downloaded from internet about rations. 2072 John Henry Matthews b 1895 British Army WW1 Service Record 1914‐1920 2454 Offprint of article by P Lomax, Women Volunteer Motor Drivers. 10 pages. Phyllis Gotch. 2632 WW1 military record for John Henry Trahair b1893, DCLI, dated 11/12/1915 2633 WW1 medal rolls naming John H Trahair b1893, DCLI 2771 WW1 character certificate and pass book for W J Peake. 2772 WW1 Sergt W J Peake pass to Penzance from Drakes Island, 6/12/1915 3251 Photo of WW1 Sea plane base, Newlyn 1915/1916. Short 184 Flying Boat coming in to land. Boat in water. From original print. Reg Watkiss. 3514 Photo of The Chalet, Ropewalk Newlyn where Rolf Jonssen and Annie Payne lived before WW1. Photo R Hogg, 2011 3515 The Chalet, Ropewalk Newlyn where Rolf Jonssen and Annie Payne lived before WW1. Report written in CALH Journal No 81 Spring 2011:40 25 July 2015 Page 2 of 18 Area RefNo Description 3673 Documents relating to Rolf Jonssen and Annie Payne who lived at the Chalet, Newlyn. Papers relating to passage to Sweden, dated 15/6/1915. Newspaper cuttings of trail of Rolf as a spy, when he was found not guilty, undated. WW1. See also Cornishman and Cornish Telegraph 4/3/1915 3674 Photo of Rolf Jonssen and Annie Payne who lived at the Chalet, Newlyn. Rolf and Annie in the Studio. Rope House of Newlyn written at the bottom. WW1. 3675 Copy of a pen sketch done by artist Rolf Jonsson while in Pendennis Castle Goal on charges of spying. WW1. 3793 Photograph with inscription on back reading Mrs Rouffignac, Sunny Side Mousehole. People identified as Ambrose Rouffignac b1901 who married Christiana Harvey. He was the son of Captain Ambrose Rouffignac b1870 who died in WW1. He became captain of the Guinness's yacht. He was in the merchant and royal navy in WW2. He was a pilot with Tom Barnes in Newlyn Harbour. He also worked for Haines shipping Co St Ives. He died about 1958. 3913 Photo of Tug‐of‐war on Newlyn Green. Naval personnel. 1914‐1918 war. Photo by George Stevenson Curnow b1887. Donated by George Hoare. 4412 Aerial view of Newlyn Quarry and foreshore showing a couple of sea planes that used Sandy Cove as a base during WW1. Reproduced in Cornishman 15/5/2003. The Royal Naval Air Service used Sandy Cove as an air base during WW1 4525 Details about private Hugh Jacka who was killed in WW1 and Sergeant AE Hurley wounded in WW1and died on return to UK. Both are uncles of Joy James. 4652 Descendents of James Carne b1812.The family lived in Newlyn Town at Factory Row and Florence Terrace, Church Lane. Ancestors of Bertha Carne who married Herbert Ernest Quinton when he was stationed at Newlyn as a member of the RNAS. He was an Air Mechanic 3rd class and working on the Flying Boats based at Newlyn during WW1.Results of query from Stephen Quinton (copy in file). 4762 Transcription of a letter from Private Joseph Edward Wilesmith, 1892‐1924, who served in France in WWI and died shortly returning home from mustard gas poisoning.
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