Tag: Artefact

Item Reference: 006599
Category: First World War
Format: Artefact
Description: A 2-panel decorative sign for Lewisham London Military Hospital, with carved words on the reverse.
Date: 1914-1918
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Item Reference: 001510
Category: First World War
Format: Artefact
Description: Earthenware rum jar marked ‘SRD’ for Supply Reserve Depot, though many soldiers joked it stood for ‘soon runs dry’
Date: 1914-1918
Further Information: Label on the base suggests it was produced in Chesterfield, though there was a large Supply Reserve Depot in Deptford Dockyard commandeered for military use at the outbreak of the Great War. It remained a large military supply depot until 1984, when the dockyard shut and became Convoys Wharf. 
Links: Info under section ‘Supply Reserve Depot’, see postcards featuring trench art of the ubiquitous rum jar.

Item Reference: 006590
Category: First World War
Format: Artefact 
Description: An oversize decorative board giving a roll of honour of Paris House, Chiesman’s buildings in Lewisham High Street. Paper roll with ink lettering in a large wood frame, glass fronted. Giving the names of those who served in chronological order with rank, unit, and decorations, and also whether wounded or killed. Bottom right hand corner features photographs of ten of those who died surrounded by patriotic cartoons.
Date: 1920s
Further Information: Cecil Stuart (C.S.) Chiesman, here a Captain, features in a later photo of the Second World War in our collection, then a Major commading the 5th Kent Battalion Home Guard.
Links: Long & Lazy Lewisham has written an extensive piece on this item, as well as another piece on recruitment efforts in and around the store. See also the Lewisham War Memorials entry.