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Newport High School - The Old Boys' Memorial Organ With Plaques

The memorial to the past pupils who had died in the First World War was destroyed in a fire which engulfed this part of the school in 1944. The hall (sectioned off by a wall built to form a corridor around it) remained in ruins, open to the sky, unti...

Roger Keith Williams, Mayor of Newport 1975 - 1976.

Roger Williams was born in 1923 and during the Second World War served for over five years with the 48th Royal Tank Regiment and the 4th Queen's Own Hussars. He became a member of St. Julian's Conservative and Unionist Club in 1952 and subsequentl...

Nurses And Others Outside The Friars, Newport

Postcard, maker: LOUISE M. SMITH, Newport, Mon. Probably dating from the First World War. Convalescing servicemen were moved to the Friars where 40 beds were allocated for this purpose.

Major General Sir Ivor Herbert Addressing Recruits Newport September 2nd.

Postcard from the private collection of Patrick White. Probably 1914. Sir Ivor Herbert was heavily involved in recruiting troops in Monmouthshire. Here are a few newspaper reports on the subject: Western Mail Saturday 29 August 1914 RECRUITS...

Newport Docks Guard April 1915 (Sergeant Burton Squad)

Postcard from the private collection of Patrick White. A brief announcement from the Western Mail, March 1915: "MILITARY TO GUARD NEWPORT DOCKS As from Monday the Alexandra Docks Newport will be guarded by military, and the sentries have ins...

Soldiers At Newport Athletic Ground

Postcard - The French Fine Art Co. From the private collection of Patrick White.

Soldiers At Newport Athletic Ground

Postcard - The French Fine Art Co. From the private collection of Patrick White.

Government Lady Inspectors Newport

Postcard from the private collection of Patrick White.

Basque Boys Football Team

Basque refugee children were housed in Caerleon during the Second World War. See link below. Burnicle postcard. From the private collection of Patrick White.

Young Basque Dancers

Basque refugee children were housed in Caerleon during the Second World War. See link below. Burnicle postcard. From the private collection of Patrick White.