photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.2000-05-126-21
Description
Photograph of a view around Watermouth Castle, 1918 (c); from an album of 129 photographs compiled by Lt Cyril George Edwards DSO, 2/7th West Yorkshire Regiment, UK, 1917-1918; Edwards was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for saving the life of an NCO by putting his foot on a hand grenade, which exploded, blowing his foot off; Edwards was the first officer to undergo and survive a blood transfusion at a front line hospital; he was also recommended for a Victoria Cross.
Campaigns
World War One, Home Front (1914-1918)