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Studio portrait, wearing patterned jumper under jacket, two pens in left breast pocket, crown insignia on pocket

Flat topped hat and plenty of braid and decoration to uniform. Four upward chevrons on arm possibly indicate rank of staff sergeant or company quartermaster.

very over-exposed

Lamorna Birch newspaper obituary.

Wreck of Italian cargo ship Aida Lauro which ran aground in fog

SS Umbre ran aground at Pendeen ,. Detailed reports on:
https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?76121

Chevychase a steel screw steamer mined and sunk 1940-03-09 (March) on passage Blyth for London with a cargo of coal

Postcard sent to Lamorna Birch in 1905 from LA Mortola on the Ligurian Coast.
Walked here from Menton where I am staying (Hotel Prince de Galles).
Brassy cloudless sky-very blue sea: Baking in the sunned frying in the shade! I can seee Bordinghouse…

The wreck of the steamer Alba of Panama, the rescue by St Ives Lifeboat resulted in the loss of the lifeboat Caroline Parsons and 5 lives from the crew of the Alba. Report in detail can be seen from the RNLI archive…

Cargo ship Chilton

Original Chapel of St Nicholas situated on The Island St-Ives

Le Pretemps
This postcard was sent in 1903 to Lamorna Birch.
The image was painted by Charles-Francois Daubing. (1817-1878)

Long Line fishing boat from Madron