Over nine hundred portraits, mostly studio, predominantly of First World War era British Soldiers. Most are individual portraits, some are in small groups with family or friends, also large group photographs. Many depicting a Territorial Force summer camp may well be from a 1913 camp held between Bridge and Lovelock farms, Ffairfach in the summer of 1913. The vast majority are anonymous but some can be given approximate dates by the presence of overseas service chevrons, good conduct stripes etc. Many of those dated 1914, especially the Pembroke Yeomanry, may well date from the years preceding the outbreak of WW1. Other portraits are of members of associated services and include veterans of earlier conflicts and servicemen & women from World War Two. The latter category including American troops from the 28th Division who were camped in South Wales from October 1943 until July 1944 as well as Free French and Belgian soldiers. Both US Corps of Engineers and infantry corps are represented. The engineers are believed to be men of the 103rd Engineer Battalion who served with the 28th Division. Their headquarters from October 1943 to April 1944 was the Hotel Belgrave, Tenby. There are also a considerable number of US Quartermaster Corps GI's including African-American soldiers.
Studio portrait of a young woman in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. The 'grenade' badge above her left breast pocket indicates that she is assigned to a mixed sex Royal Artillery battery of Anti-Aircraft Command. She also wears a recognition patch on her upper left sleeve.
Half-length studio portrait of a young soldier. Negative inscribed 'Roberts, Leicester Hse, Llan...' the remainder of the place name being very unclear.
Half-length studio portrait of a Captain in the Belgian Free Forces - note the three pips on his shoulder, his shoulder title on which 'BELG' is discernible and his cap with a Belgian Crown cap badge. He is probably part of the 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade who were stationed in Tenby.
Studio portrait of a soldier in the Auxiliary Territorial Service wearing the badge of her host corps (Royal Army Service Corps) on her left breast pocket.
Studio portrait of a smiling sergeant. The negative is inscribed in the bottom left hand corner either 'Ede' or 'Cole' (the handwriting is slightly idiosyncratic). As well as his sergeants stripes his right shoulder has an embroidered 'M' below what maybe a Royal Marines insignia.
Half-length studio portrait of an Afro-American soldier in the Quartermaster Corps wearing the shoulder patch of the Army Service Forces identified as George Lawrence by the inscription on the negative.
Half-length studio portrait of a woman soldier in the uniform of the ATS. On the left breast of her tunic she is wearing the insignia of a fusilier regiment indicating that this is the corps to which she is attached.
