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Page from WW1 scrapbook, site of HMS Hampshire sinking
Unknown, 1916, Document, Reproduction
Page from WW1 scrapbook, site of HMS Hampshire sinking
Page from WW1 scrapbook, site of HMS Hampshire sinking
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Item no
30062
Title
Site of sinking HMS Hampshire
Description
A page from a World War One scrapbook (vol 2) showing postcards of the coastline where HMS Hampshire sank off the coast of Orkney on June 5th 1916.
The handwriting reads, 'Mrs. Cameron writes:
This is where the 'Hampshire' was lost. The men were blown away along the coast to Skaill Bay where the solitary raft was blown in. Other sailors were hauled up the cliffs by ropes but were too far gone with exposure. The poor men must have suffered terribly. A few had scrambled the length of a barn [?] and were found there all huddled together.'
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1916
Size
27.5 x 22.0 cm
Type
Document
;
Reproduction
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
This image is taken from the 2nd of 2 scrapbooks compiled during World War One by the Thomson Family who were living at Glengyle Terrace in Edinburgh. Most of the items pasted into the scrapbooks are press cuttings, leaflets and ephemera but a couple of articles, such as letters and a ration book, give personal details and an indication of the impact of war on the family. Many of the letters of correspondence are sent to Thomas Thomson. Thomas Davidson Thomson was only 3 years old at the outbreak of war and so, his parents must have collated and maintained the scrapbooks, which span the full period of the war, on his behalf.
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Thomson Family WW1 scrapbooks (volume 2)
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