Comforts Collection (page 2)

Advert for Frederick Gorringe service gloves 1915
Lambskin lined service slip on gloves with secure strap. Date: 1915

Advert for Frederick Gorringe winter comforts 1915
Winter comforts... for our troops. Advertisement for Frederick Gorringe, winter woollies, khaki cardigans and service scarfs for British soldiers during World War I. 1915

Women Sewing for Troops WW1
Three young ladies sewing comforts for the troops Les Absent stop now and then to think of their menfolk waging war at the front Si parfois nos mainss arretent un peu

Pour nos Soldats - French WW1 knitting postcard
First World War postcard, dated 31 January 1915, showing a woman knitting for our soldiers while in the background, a French soldier writes a letter in a trench on the Western Front. 1915

Furs Vaterland - German WW1 knitting postcard
German postcard featuring a row of little girls knitting For the Fatherland during the First World War. Civilians of all the warring nations knitted comforts for men serving at the front during this

French WW1 knitting postcard - Patrie Famille
Patriotic French postcard showing a wife at home with her children and a huge pile of knitted comforts, thinking of her soldier husband, who is writing a letter home. Date: c.1915

WW1 British Royal Artillery officer wearing knitted scarf
Photograph of an unidentified officer in the Royal Artillery wearing a great coat and what looks like a hand knitted scarf or muffler. Date: c.1917

Advert for Shoolbreds soldiers & sailors comforts 1915
Advertisement for Shoolbreds comforts for soldiers and sailors during the First World War. Army shirts, soldiers cardigan jackets and woven body belts are among the products advertised. 1915

WW1 - Christmas Day dinner, British Camp, Salonika
WW1 - Christmas Day dinner and the carving of the turkey scene in an officers mess at a British Army Camp in Salonika (Thessaloniki, Greece)

WW1 - German women make blankets out of newspapers at the Palace of the German Princess in Berlin. Date: 1915

Queens Work for Women Fund, making socks for soldiers, WW1
The Queens Work for Women Fund, whose headquarters were based in a mansion in Piccadilly, pictured with just some of the seventy machines which had been installed in the drawing room to work on some

H. A. Beals military vest advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for a top hole military vest, made in rainproofed khaki drill, soft as silk, warm as fur, windproof, insect-proof, tear proof and only weighing four ounces

2 Plain, 1 Purl, WW1 knitting cartoon
Cartoon by Stan Terry in The Tatler showing two plain old ladies and one pretty purl of a young woman all sat knitting comforts for troops at the Front. Date: 1917

Business as Usual revue - Knitting and Sewing scene
A scene from Business as Usual a new revue at the London Hippodrome with a vicar addressing a group of ladies who are knitting and sewing comforts for troops. Date: 1914

WW2 greetings card, RAF -- In a World of Space. Profits from the card went to the RAF Comforts Committee. Date: circa 1942

Advert for Shoolbreds service clothing 1915
Warm and durable khaki service winter clothing for World War One. 1915

L Amour Tricote, WW1 knitting
An elegant French lady absorbed in her knitting ignores a playful cherub who is tumbling about with her ball of wool. Knitting illustration from 1914 when women on the home front of the countries at

WW1 knitting song music sheet - I m Knitting a Rosary
Front cover of a music sheet for a knitting-themed song - I m Knitting a Rosary, - words by Robert Levenson and music by Vincent Plunkett

WW1 American knitting song cover
Every Girl is Knitting for Some Mothers Son in France. Front cover of a patriotic knitting-themed song sheet music from the Great War written by Hawley and Bellaire. Date: c.1917

WW1 knitting song sheet music
Front cover of sheet music for Knitting Song, published during the First World War when national patriotism was manifested by knitting comforts for troops. Date: c.1917

WW1 Canadian knitting song, music sheet cover
Knitting Socks for Daddys Men, a patriotic song with words and music by Jean Munro Mulloy, wife of Trooper Mulloy of South African fame

American Red Cross Knitting song sheet music, WW1
Theres a Girl Who Is Knitting for You - words by George Hopkins, music by Florence Mills Nixson. Knitting song published in aid of the American Red Cross during the First World War. Date: c.1917

Baldwins knitting leaflet, WW1, winter at the front
Field & Hospital Comforts in Knitting and Crochet. Great War knitting booklet published by J & J Baldwins of Halifax featuring two British soldiers in a snowy trench on the Western Front

The Needle Worker, WW1 knitting & sewing booklet
Front cover of monthly magazine, The Needle Worker, from the Great War period featuring a photograph of a Belgian kepi cap - the knitting pattern for which was inside. Date: c.1915

French WW1 knitting pattern
Reproduction of the front cover of a French WW1 period knitting booklet, with examples of tricotons (otherwise known as comforts ) available to knit for soldiers at the front. Date: 1914-1918

Leachs WW1 knitting booklet - Comforts for Men
Front cover of a Leachs Comforts for Men booklet, part of their Home Needlework Series, featuring a number of woollen comforts including a helmet or balaclava, fingerless gloves and socks

The Knitting Club Meets - WW1 American knitting play
Front cover of a short play, The Knitting Club Meets in which a group of American women knit comforts for the troops during the First World War. Date: c.1917

Comforts for troops, WW1 knitting from Sunlight yarns
Page from a booklet published by Sunlight Yarns during the First World War with patterns and instructions to make a variety of garments or comforts for troops at the front

Bracelet wool holder, WW1
Advertisement for a bracelet wool holder, an accessory to aid knitters who were making socks, mufflers and other comforts for soldiers during the First World War. Date: 1915

Notebook recording quantities of comforts for soldiers
Small manuscript notebook recording quantities of comforts for soldiers and their destination units between 4 Aug 1914-1917 and 2 Sep 1939-1940

WWI - Red Cross packing parcels of food and comfort
Members of the Red Cross packing parcels of food and comforts for prisoners of war, probably in Wolverhampton; 1 of 3 photographs relating to Lt John Silvester Colbourne, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Card sent with comforts by Queen Alexandas Field Force Fund
Documents relating to the service of Lt Col Frank Hercules Walker, 7th Prince of Waless (North Staffordshire Regiment) at Gallipoli 1915-1916, killed in action 7 Jan 1916

A Useful Knitting Case, WW1
A useful knitting case from J. C. Vickery fitted with excellent bone and steel needles, crochet and wool hooks - the ideal gift for Christmas 1914

A Revolution in Sock Knitting, WW1 Australian leaflet
Front cover of a leaflet issued by Parmer & Company of Sydney, Australia, instructing knitters on how to knit two socks at the same time on a single set of knitting needles

Weldons paper patterns for our troops, WW1
Page of items that could be made from Weldons paper patterns for soldiers during the First World War. Garments include night shirts, a bed jacket and a flannel helmet in a balaclava style. Date: c

American Red Cross leaflet, WW1 - knitting socks for soldier
A leaflet produced by the American Red Cross giving directions on knitting articles suitable for the Army, Navy and European sufferers

WW1 knitting, woollen belts - gift to the troops from Queen
Gift to the Troops at the Front from the Queen and the Women of the Empire. Leaflet giving instructions on how to knit woollen belts for troops during the First World War

WW1 crocheted cap and scarf combined for soldiers
Pattern and photograph taken from a Baldwins Wool Great War era knitting booklet for a crocheted cap and scarf combined. Date: c.1915

Knitted muffler American Red Cross booklet, WW1 knitting
Page from a page of The American Red Cross Womens Bureau leaflet of knitting instructions for producing comforts for soldiers

American Red Cross Womens Bureau WW1 knitting booklet
Front cover of The American Red Cross Womens Bureau instructions for knitting comforts for soldiers. Photograph features a very handsome young man dressed in a knitted balaclava with extended chest

WW1 knitting booklet patterns, knitted helmets
Inside of a First World War era knitting booklet with various patterns instructing knitters how to make woollen comforts for the troops

Patons Khaki knitting wools advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for Patons Khaki knitting wools during the First World War, specifically for knitting comforts for troops at the front

WW1 knitting booklet, The Higbee Company
The Knitting Needle has again come into its own. Front cover of a small booklet published by the Higbee Company (USA) containing patterns for knitting comforts for troops during the First World War

Daddys Christmas Dinner by Samuel Begg, WW1
Illustration for the ILN 1916 Christmas number showing a mother and her children packing a special parcel to be sent to her husband at the front

Comforts for the Royal Flying Corps, WW1
Ladies forming an aid committee, headed by Lady Henderson, the wife of the Commander of the Royal Flying Corps, packing comforts for flying men

Distribution of cigarettes at the front, WW1
A battery commander distributing the contents of a parcel of cigarettes amongst his men at the Front at Christmas time. According to The Sphere

Sweaters for Troops postcards, WW1 knitting
A printed postcard with words of thanks from Mr John Penoyre who organised large-scale donations of knitted sweaters for solders and sailors during the First World War

Countess Zia and Nada Torby packing mittens for troops, WW1
Countess Zia Torby (later Lady Zia Wernher) and Countess Nada Torby (later Mountbatten), daughters of Grand Duke Michael and prominent figures in society organised this group of society ladies who

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