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Bloomfield tablet

Two photographs of the Bloomfield tablet in Loughton church

Bloomfield, John Arthur Douglas

French postcards and postcards from Torquay.

Album of postcards collected and put together by Theodora Trench.
The album includes postcards from Hyères , The French Riviera, Grenoble, Aix-les-Bain and Torquay.

Friends and acquaintances.

Photographs and negatives of friends and acquaintances of Sheelah Lefroy and Theodora Trench. The file contains single photographs of people such as Muriel Campbell, Geraldine MacFarlene, Kathleen MacFarlene and Helen Gurowska. There are also photographs of the sisters and their friend engaging in group activities such as a river picnic and hiking.

Funeral photographs.

Negatives and a photograph of flowers on a grave. The photograph depicts the funeral of Georgina Sarah Lloyd Edwards née Trench, an inscription on the back of the photograph reads 'My sister Georgie Ll: E in Grave. She died 12 November 1912'.
The file also photographs and negatives for the grave of 'Billy' 1911.

Gallipoli and Salonika pilgrimage

File of photographs taken during the St Barnabas pilgrimage to the battlefields and war graves of Salonika and Gallipoli. The file contains a mixture of personal photographs and professional photographs taken by Graphic Photo Union, Tallis Street, London, England and Central Press Photograph, 119 Fleet Street, London, England. The file also includes Rev. Mullineux at the unveiling of the New Zealand memorial at Gallipoli in April 1925.

Ireland

Summers traveling, Lough Derg, Mrs Austin Boyle, Ennistymon Clare, Cliffs of Moher, Quilty Clare, Glendalough
Sheelah at the bay, Rock of Cashel','picnic on Lough Derg'

Mainland Europe.

Photographic negatives taken of Salies-de-Béarn.Three photographs of the exterior of Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, Germany.Photographs and photographic negatives taken by Theodora Trench in Switzerland. The photos show people engaging in activities such as ice skating and skiing. There are also photographs of the surrounding natural beauty.
File of photographs and negatives of Italy. The file contains photographs of the Italian landscape, a photograph of Pompeii and photographs of the Dolomites.

New Zealand

File of photographs and negatives of New Zealand taken by Thora Trench during her time there. Included in this file is a photograph of the crowd awaiting a camp inspection from H.R.H The Prince of Wales during his visit to the Rotorua Jockey Club on the 28 April 1920. The file also contains a photograph of The Prince of Wales carrying out the inspection.
Also included in the file are photographs of the The New Zealand Expeditionary Force's ambulances and their female crews. The majority of the file is made up of negatives and photographs of the New Zealand countryside and of areas of natural beauty and interest such as Kaikoura, Lake Taupo and Ohinemutu a Māori village. There is also a photo of Rarotonga, the most populous island of the Cook Islands contained within the file. During this time Rarotonga was considered to be within the boundaries of New Zealand.

Palestine and Jerusalem.

File of photos of the mosque of Omar, Jerusalem Western Wall Wailing Wall, North Wall Golden Gate, Jaffa Israel, Church of the Nativity Bethlehem, and Fishermen by the sea of Galilee.

Photograph album of Col. Fitz-Simon

  • IE OCL P136
  • Fonds
  • 1921-1924

Photograph album created by Lt. Col. M. O'Carroll Fitz-Simon, M.C. , who began his military career in Prince of Wales' Leinster Regiment, which was headquartered at Birr. The photographs document a peace-keeping mission the Leinsters undertook in Silesia (now part of Poland) from their departure at Dover on 31 May 1921, through Germany and to their destination of Oppeln (Opole in Poland today). Following the disbandment of the regiment in June 1922, Fitz-Simon joined the King's Own Regiment, Lancaster and the remaining photographs in the album depict scenes from missions in India and Burma. There is also a small number of photographs of people and houses in the Birr area including Whigsborough House, and the burnt out remains of Birr Barracks (following its destruction in the Civil War in July 1922).

Fitz-Simon, Christopher Richard Manners Daniel O'Connell, Lt Col

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