Brothers at War

Brothers at War

Discovery of the letters

The Horsnell-Doe family

Sending and receiving mail

Charles Horsnell, 5th Dragoon Guards

Frederick Horsnell MM, East Surrey Regiment

• Inventory of Fred's letters and postcards
• 1915 – Fred’s war at a glance
  • Fred’s letters – June 1915
  • Fred’s letters – July 1915
  • Fred’s letters – August 1915
  • Fred’s letters – September 1915
  • Fred’s letters – October 1915
  • Fred’s letters – November 1915
  • Fred’s letters – December 1915
• 1916 – Fred’s war at a glance
  • Fred’s letters – January 1916
  • Fred’s letters – February 1916
  • Fred’s letters – March 1916
  • Fred’s letters – April 1916
  • Fred at home – May 1916
  • Fred’s letters – June 1916
  • Fred’s letters – July 1916
  • Fred’s letters – August 1916
  • Fred’s letters – September 1916
  • Fred’s letters – October 1916
  • Fred’s letters – November 1916
  • Fred’s letters – December 1916
• 1917 – Fred’s war at a glance
  • Fred’s letters – January 1917
  • Fred’s letters – February 1917
  • Fred’s letters – March 1917
  • Fred’s letters – April 1917
  • Fred’s letters – July 1917
  • Fred’s letters – August 1917
  • Fred’s letters – September 1917
  • Fred’s letters – October 1917
• 1918 – Fred’s war at a glance
  • Fred’s letters – February 1918
  • Fred’s letters – April 1918
  • Fred’s letters – July 1918

Arthur Horsnell, Army Service Corps

• Inventory of Arthur's letters and postcards
• 1915 - Arthur's war at a glance
  • Arthur's letters - July 1915
  • Arthur's letters - August 1915
  • Arthur's letters - September 1915
  • Arthur's letters - October 1915
  • Arthur's letters - November 1915
  • Arthur's letters - December 1915
• 1916 - Arthur's war at a glance
  • Arthur's letters - January 1916
  • Arthur's letters - March 1916
  • Arthur's letters - May 1916
  • Arthur's letters - June 1916
  • Arthur's letters - July 1916
  • Arthur's letters - August 1916
  • Arthur's letters - September 1916
  • Arthur's letters - October 1916
  • Arthur's letters - November 1916
• 1917 - Arthur's war at a glance
  • Arthur's letters - January-March 1917
  • Arthur's letters - May 1917
  • Arthur's letters - June 1917
  • Arthur's letters - July 1917
  • Arthur's letters - August 1917
  • Arthur's letters - December 1917
• 1918 - Arthur's war at a glance
  • Arthur's letters - February 1918
  • Arthur's letters - April 1918
  • Arthur's letters - May 1918
  • Arthur's letters - undated fragment

Schools – resources

• First World War silk postcards
  • East Surrey Regiment
  • East Surrey Regiment
  • East Surrey Regiment
  • Cheshire Regiment
  • Staffordshire Regiment
  • Army Service Corps
  • Army Service Corps
  • Army Service Corps
  • Army Service Corps
  • Royal Army Medical Corps
  • Royal Engineers
  • 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
  • Royal Navy
  • Royal Field Artillery
  • Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert's Own)
  • Hampshire Regiment
  • Royal Flying Corps
  • To My Dear Father
  • To My Dear Father
  • England For Ever
  • Dear Old Chum
  • Far From You But Thinking of You
  • To My Dear Sister
  • To My Dear Sister / From Your Loving Brother
  • To My Dear Wife
  • To My Dear Mother / From Your Loving Son
  • To My Dear Mother
  • To My Dear Husband
  • To The Dear Ones At Home
  • Christmas Greetings
  • A Happy New Year
  • Easter
  • I Love You
  • Souvenir de Belgique (Souvenir of Belgium)
  • From the Front
  • God Be With You Till We Meet Again
  • Hope and Love
  • From Your Affectionate Boy
  • Home Sweet Home
• First World War postcards
  • The Angels of Mons
  • Christmas Greetings
  • Humour
  • Humour
  • Humour
  • Humour
  • Humour
  • Humour
  • Poking fun at the enemy
  • Poking fun at the enemy
  • Lice
  • British patriotism
  • British patriotism
  • British patriotism
  • British patriotism
  • British patriotism
  • A postcard to daddy
  • The language of stamps
  • The language of stamps
  • The language of stamps
• First World War songs and audio
• First World War images
  • Aerial photo of front line, trenches, no man's land
  • American field kitchen. Photo: US Signal Corps / Sterling Heilig
  • American pilots of the 'Escadrille Americaine' with French air force, before US joined the war - all killed in action
  • American smoke bomb explodes
  • American troop ship and troops leaving for the war
  • French youths heading off to join the army in January 1915 (the Class of 1917)
  • Squadron of French biplanes
  • French artillery convoy, 1916
  • French artillery, Somme 1916
  • Church at Attigny, France, destroyed
  • German gas attack, photographed from a French aeroplane
  • French colonial troops from Senegal wearing gas masks, 1916
  • French front line field hospital, Lorraine
  • French front line trench, Missy-aux-Bois, 8th February 1916
  • French howitzer in action on the Somme, 16th September 1916
  • French supply line, with horses
  • German barbed wire field, St Hilaire le Grand (Marne), 12th September 1916
  • German POW being searched by American troops. Photo: US Signal Corps / Sterling Heilig
  • German prisoners of war in camp
  • French soldiers burying a German officer
  • German prisoners burying French dead
  • German prisoners burying French and German dead near Péronne, on the Somme
  • German prisoners from U58 at Fort McPherson POW camp, Georgia, USA (1 of 3)
  • German prisoners from U58 at Fort McPherson POW camp, Georgia, USA (2 of 3)
  • German prisoners from U58 at Fort McPherson POW camp, Georgia, USA (3 of 3)
  • German prisoners going to American railroad trains. Photo: US Signal Corps / Sterling Heilig
  • German prisoners on the Marne, 1918
  • German army retreating through Luxembourg, 21st November 1918
• 'The Story of the First World War for Children 1914–1918' signed book available

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