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2 black and white photographs:

Typewritten caption pasted under image of soldiers in trench:

982. OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRAN
     Daylight patrol into Albert. British troops leaving their trench to make patrol.

Caption handwritten in ink under image of soldiers in rubble:
Patrol of London Irish in ALBERT - July, 1918.

2 black and white photographs:

Caption handwritten in ink under image of destroyed cathedral:
ALBERT Cathedral - 1917

Caption handwritten in ink under image of destroyed building:
The same - 1919

Typewritten caption pasted at the bottom of page:
D. 2500. Water for the front line.

Caption handwritten in ink at bottom of page:
Summer - 1918.

3 photographs, black and white

Caption handwritten in ink under photo of two men in uniform on horseback:
C.O. + Adjutant on Wimbledon Common

Caption handwritten in ink under portrait of man in uniform:
The Quartermaster

Caption handwritten in ink under portrait of man in uniform on motorbike:
H. G. Pemberton

3 black and white photographs:

Caption handwritten in ink under image of house labelled “Beaucourt-sur-l'Hallue”:
47th: Div: H.Q. May-June 1918

Caption handwritten in ink under image of desolate landscape:
AVELUY Marshes.

Caption handwritten in ink under image of overgrown trench:
NURLU.

3 black and white photographs:

Caption handwritten in ink at bottom of page:
HAPPY VALLEY - near BRAY-sur-SOMME.

2 black and white photographs:

Caption handwritten in ink under image group of children:
Enfants Lillois

Caption handwritten in ink under image of arches over street:
PORTE CANTELEU - LILLE

2 black and white photographs of the parade of 47th (London) Division through the streets of Lille, Western Front, 28 October 1918.

Caption handwritten in ink under image of a gathering of people in a square to watch a procession:
Sir W. Birdwood + the Mayor of Lille
Followed by Corporation of Lille + [?] army staff.
Head of 47th: Div: procession round the corner

Caption handwritten in ink under image of a procession through crowded street:
Guard of Honor (22nd. dn:) preceding Sir W. Birdwood.

Poster folded and pasted in, titled “Honor and Glory for 47th Division our Delivers”. Black text on white paper, framed in the border of rose buds; blue and red pigment colours the sides.

2 black and white photographs of the parade of 47th (London) Division through the streets of Lille, Western Front, 28 October 1918.

Caption handwritten in ink under image band processing through crowded street:
? 24th: Bn : Band

Caption handwritten in ink under image of soldiers parading through crowded street:
? 22nd : Batt

2 black and white photographs of the parade of 47th (London) Division through the streets of Lille, Western Front, 28 October 1918.

Caption handwritten in ink under image of crowd watching a parade, with arrows labelling prominent figures:
Col: Thunder Winston Churchill Cpt:

Caption handwritten in ink under image of crowd watching a parade, with arrows labelling prominent figures:
Col: Thunder
Col: Montgomery

2 black and white photographs of the parade of 47th (London) Division through the streets of Lille, Western Front, 28 October 1918.

Caption handwritten in ink under image of soldiers parading through crowd:
520th: Field Coy: R.E

Caption handwritten in ink under image of soldiers parading through crowd:
520th: Field Coy: R.E.

2 black and white photographs of the parade of 47th (London) Division through the streets of Lille, Western Front, 28 October 1918.

Caption handwritten in ink under image of soldiers parading through crowd:
Men of 4th: R.W.F. (Princes)

Caption handwritten in ink under image of soldiers on horseback parading through crowd:
Div: Arty

2 black and white photographs of the parade of 47th (London) Division through the streets of Lille, Western Front, 28 October 1918.

Caption handwritten in ink under image of soldiers parading through crowd walking bikes:
? BOL: Signal Section.

Caption handwritten in ink under image crowded square, arrow labels prominent figure:
Crowd after the Procession. Sir G. Gorringe

4 photographs, black and white

Caption handwritten in ink under photo of 12 men in uniform:
‘G’ Company Buckley Williams

Caption handwritten in ink under photo of 20 men:
Mess Orderlies, B Company

Caption handwritten in ink under photo of 11 men:
Coln Sgt: Jarvis Bolt + others

Caption handwritten in ink under photo of 10 men:
B Company

1 black and white photograph and pasted leaflet:

Caption handwritten in ink under photograph of men watching parade of the 47th Division, including Winston Churchill, arrow labels prominent figure:
Col. Montgomery Group watching procession thro’ LILLE

Caption handwritten in ink next to pasted leaflet that begins with “The German People Offers Peace.”:
German Propaganda
Dropped on our advanced troops in front of Radingham, October, 1918

2 black and white photographs:

Caption handwritten in ink under image of 2 men in uniform, one smoking:
Gen: Kennedy and the Prince of Wales in LILLE

A photograph of 2 men in uniform with many people in the background

2 black and white photographs:

Caption handwritten in ink under image of group of children standing in the street in front of a church:
MOUSTIERS the farthest East of the 47th: Div: 10/11th: Nov. 1918

Caption handwritten in pencil on pasted in paper under an of crowds gathered watching soldiers on horseback:
Arrival of first British troops in Cologne. Dec. 1918.
Caption handwritten in ink to right of same photograph:
From R.H.U Dec. 1918.

2 black and white photographs:

Typed caption under a photograph of three officers in uniform:
C.534 The deciding factor

Handwritten caption in ink under a group of eight men:
Group taken in W.I. Sector, opposite Loos on 18 June 1915 the anniversary of Waterloo.

(Jack: Captain Kennedy, Ruthven, Lt. C. Edwards)

3 black and white photographs:

Caption handwritten in ink to the left of image of burnt tank:
Tank, near White Chateau Hollebeke - Photo: April 1919.

Caption handwritten in ink to the right of the same image:
This tank was sent up on June 7 1917 to assist 140 Brigade in the capture of White Chateau. It arrives too late to take part in the operation.

Caption handwritten in ink under image of desolate landscape:
Battlewood - [?] Bluff - attacked by 142 Brigade 7 June, 1917

Caption handwritten in ink under image of sign reading “Love Crater”:
Love Crater in Vimy Ridge – the result of one of the mines exploded on 3 May 1916.

The page has been left blank.

2 black and white photographs and pasted in is a printed black and white printed pamphlet with teal accents, entitled “THE FOLLIES Christmas 1918”

Caption handwritten in ink under image of a group posed for the camera, some in military uniform and others in clown costume:
The last of the ‘FOLLIES’ - March 1919

4 black and white photographs:

Caption handwritten in ink under image of three women and one man in uniform:
Nurse Evie; the mother; Hector Calder; Juliana

Caption handwritten in ink under image of two women and 6 men in uniform:
The RATS.

Caption handwritten in ink under image of three women and one man in uniform:
Jock Stewart

Caption handwritten in ink under image of building:
The RATS’ HOLE

Pasted in are two folded pamphlets.

Top pamphlet, white card, exterior with simple geometric design; interior printed in black and red with a note from G. F. Gorringe congratulating the 47th Division on winning the war. Handwritten note in ink addresses this card to:
Capt. G. C. Turner M.C.

Bottom pamphlet exterior cover printed in purple ink:
Music

Bottom pamphlet interior printed in purple ink:
MENU
FAREWELL DINNER
GIVEN BY
MAJOR GEN SIRE G.F. GORRINGE
KGB, KGMG, D.S.O.
COMPANDING,
47th LON. DIVN
LOZINGHEM 27:3:1912

Bottom pamphlet interior handwritten in pencil and blue ink: 29 signatures in different hands, including George Turner’s

Handwritten inscription in ink at the bottom of the page, numbers corresponding to each labelled photograph:

Last Days in France

1. Officers’ quarters at [?].
2. Brig: Gen: W.F. Milton. CB., C.M.G., D. So, Col: 47th: Div: [?] - May 1919
3. Off to Paris on May 10th 1919 - Lt: Col: Lewis (U.S.) Capt: Cavan -Douglas and Glenn
4. and 5. On board last train taking Div: H. Q. and Details to le Havre - , May 10, 1919
5. and 7. Div: H.Q. transport loaded onto S.S. Wangan at le Havre

3 photographs, black and white

Caption handwritten in ink under photo a large collection of men posing in kitchen:
Cooks of the Lagon Cafe

Caption printed on the bottom of a group of men:
23rd London F Company Mess Orderlies

There is no caption under a portrait of three men in uniform just '?'

Caption handwritten in ink under image of a man in uniform seated holding a toy; animal in bottom left corner:
Camp [?]: at le Havre May, 1919

Caption handwritten in ink under image of a four men in uniform and a woman in nurse’s uniform:
At Shoreham Camp - May, 1919

Caption handwritten in ink under image of a church:
Montivilliers

Caption handwritten in ink under image of a field of parked wagons:
Div: H. Q. transport parked at Shoreham.

Caption handwritten in ink under image of a field:
Firing squad on Peace Day, June 1919 - At Shoreham Camp

Black and white printed pamphlet entitled “First Divisional Dinner in the INTERNATIONAL HALL (Café Monico), ON TUESDAY, 17TH JUNE, 1919.”
It is covered in signatures in pen and pencil

A black and white photograph showing four men in uniform standing in front of a tent.