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      This scrapbook contains memorabilia from Hugh Calverley's (and his family's) experiences during World War I. As a young man, Hugh joined the Signal Corps, both his training and battlefield experiences being described. "The scrapbook is a handmade affair with odd pages, odd paper, bits of canvas sewn and glued together. ...

      A postcard depicting a military biplane from World War I.

      A postcard from World War I that depicts a political cartoon expressing the issue of the war budget.

      Reverse: "Saucy Arethusa has a dozen or more holes in her plugged up with iron plates. Must have been a near ago. They filled them with blankets to stop the water from coming in." Hugh

      Reverse: This was the guard boat on the left front of the columns. Notice the guns peeping out of the side of the boat. We had the Talbot, Charyatid, DIana and Essex round us. The Sion and Glory the flanks.

      Kaiser “I say, how are you going to explain the surrender of your army corps in the Caucasus?” Sultan of Turkey “Nothing simpler. I shall say Our gallant troups determined to embarrass the enemy’s commissariat and carried out their object with overwhelming success.” Kaiser “Splendid! Couldn’t have put it better ...