Description:
A black and white photograph of Captain Sir Herbert Archer Croft Bt. of Lugwardine Court and serving in the Herefordshire Regiment . He was one of the first recruits in the county and country and offered to raise a company of 150 men to bring the battalion up to strength. He was born in 1868 and reported missing in the Dardanelles August 1915.(Source Hereford Times 28th August 1915).
His memorial plaque is at St Micheal and All Angels churchyard, Leominster.
Title:
Captain Sir Archer Croft Bt. and James Herbert Croft
Type:
Image
Date Published:
[1914 -1915]
Description:
A black and white photograph of Captain Sir Archer Croft (1868-1915) standing with his son James Herbert Croft (1907-1941). He is in the uniform of a Captain of the Herefordshire Regiment, wearing a Rifle Belt and a pistol in a leather holster. His son is dressed similarly. They are standing in front of a studio backdrop.
His son later became Captain of the Herefordshire regiment, and passed in 1941 during the Second World war.
See also G36-365-02.
Description:
A black and white photograph of a very large canteen. In the background is a piano and a few people, either soldiers or munitions workers. this could possibly be in Rotherwas, Hereford.
Description:
A black and white photograph of a large area of temporary open booths in a fenced-off area. In the corner is a building that could be a cricket pavilion. The tower of a church can be seen in the distance on the right and there are houses close to the site. The photograph was taken from a hillside overlooking the ground. See also G36-388-08 et seq.
