Remembering family who died in World War I
I have photographs of two family who died in World War I and of another who
fought and survived. Here is a photo of Archie Studd and Felix Alexander.
Archie is on the left, he served in the London Regiment (London Scottish), he died on
the first of July at the Battle of Gommencourt he was 22 years old.
Felix on the right served in the Northumberland Fusiliers, Norfolk Regiment and
he died on the 14th of November 1916, he was only 20. They are remembered on
the Thiepval Memorial. They are shown with a white poppy for peace.
Ernest Studd was a second Lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers and survived.
All three are now commemorated at the Lochnagar Crater Memorial.
These young men are remembered with thousands of others on this centenary.
This is Ernest George Studd he was younger than my Grandfather and would have
have been about thirty when the war began. He had trained as a tailor with my
Grandfather who was exempt from joining up as he was doing
essential war work making uniforms at the family firm.
Here is their advertisement for toga coats from the Country Life magazine.
They made nurses coats and uniforms as well as those for the troops.
All images copyright Frances Jill Studd 2018
