| Description |
File includes 2 French identity cards for W. Besley, able seaman, a postcard showing the burning of Smyrna and a letter of thanks from the British refugees from Smyrna addressed to the captain and crew of HMS KING GEORGE V with signatures. In addition to these, it also contains a number of photocopies of naval cartoons. Some of these appear to have been ripped from books or newspapers, while others appear to be either originals or individual reproductions. The major theme linking all of these seems to be the problems associated with the naval life. The file also contains a small envelope within which several postcards (all torn into 2 pieces) show drawn and hanged men, as well as the heads of beheaded men upon a table surrounded by nonplussed men in military outfits. These have been put into polythene sleeves to keep the pieces of each postcard together. |
