Berwick
Description This is a postcard of Berwick-upon-Tweed, taken from the War Diary of Captain John Evelyn Carr - a sentimental reminder of home.
Date 1914-1919
The War Diary of Captain John Evelyn Carr is an extensive, dramatic and personal account of The First World War. It follows the Journey of John Evelyn Carr. Carr was a mining engineer, farmer and sheep and horse breeder. Born in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Carr spent much of his adult life in Scremerston, a mining and agricultural village near Berwick-upon-Tweed on the English Scottish Border.
The extensive war diary comprising four volumes, 1914-1919, documents Carr's journey from the trenches as a humble Private of the First Battalion London Scottish, to a respected Captain of the Eleventh Battalion Sherwood Foresters, serving in France and Italy.
The four volumes consist of a powerful and moving written account, accompanies by an extensive and invaluable array of colourful visual content. This ranges from personal photographs taken by Carr to postcards and souvenirs of towns and villages he passed through. Many of these were taken from German prisoners and raided trenches. There are also countless personal letters, memorial and greetings cards, official documents and excerpts from trench magazines.
A selection of the visual content has been made available here.
This image is from the collections of Northumberland Archives. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons.
Berwick
Description This is a postcard of Berwick-upon-Tweed, taken from the War Diary of Captain John Evelyn Carr - a sentimental reminder of home.
Date 1914-1919
The War Diary of Captain John Evelyn Carr is an extensive, dramatic and personal account of The First World War. It follows the Journey of John Evelyn Carr. Carr was a mining engineer, farmer and sheep and horse breeder. Born in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Carr spent much of his adult life in Scremerston, a mining and agricultural village near Berwick-upon-Tweed on the English Scottish Border.
The extensive war diary comprising four volumes, 1914-1919, documents Carr's journey from the trenches as a humble Private of the First Battalion London Scottish, to a respected Captain of the Eleventh Battalion Sherwood Foresters, serving in France and Italy.
The four volumes consist of a powerful and moving written account, accompanies by an extensive and invaluable array of colourful visual content. This ranges from personal photographs taken by Carr to postcards and souvenirs of towns and villages he passed through. Many of these were taken from German prisoners and raided trenches. There are also countless personal letters, memorial and greetings cards, official documents and excerpts from trench magazines.
A selection of the visual content has been made available here.
This image is from the collections of Northumberland Archives. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons.