Philip Thornton, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, photographed in his barracks bed space in Portland. Thornton is in uniform, wearing a medal, and has his army helmet, towels or bed linen, and cases on shelves behind him. His rifle is on the wall to the left of the bed and postcards and photos (most with a military theme) are hung from the shelves. This photographic postcard was sent to his future wife Hilda White in 1905. Thornton was killed in France on 13 October 1914, aged 33, during the first months of the First World War

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