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Worn on the uniform's epaulettes, each side, in conjunction with a small horn indicating the unite was of a "Light" infantry.

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Worn on the sleeve by a soldier who has been wounded. While it is not known if Lewis wore one of these, it is probable that he did so after release from Endsleigh Palace Hospital.

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When a shell exploded, its fragments, with their razor-sharp edges, spun through the air at about twice the speed of sound.

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Lee Enfield .303, on which Lewis trained, although officers carried pistols. This casing is from Pudding Trench, above Fampoux, in the area Lewis undoubtedly met his shivering mouse during a continuous barrage.

Scope and Contents With photograph of intact jug in envelope stored on top of artifacts. Soldiers were issued rum to ward off cold and just before an attack it served as "liquid courage." The jugs were then used to carry water in, preferable to petrol tins, which made the water taste of petrol. However, the jugs were often broken by shrapnel fragments, bullets, falling earth explosions, etc. The jugs were marked "SRD," which meant "Special Rations Division," but soldiers said the initials meant "Seldom...

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German barbed wire was often more heavily and more closely wrapped than was French and British wire.

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Handle with care - lead is toxic. When found at the location of front line trenches at Monchy le Preux in 2000, this shrapnel ball was stuck inside a German shrapnel shell's nose cone.

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They are identical to those Lewis wore except the designation “Lieut.” – should be “LT,” as indicated on other, original tags. Officer’s tags did not carry the soldier’s enlistment number, as a Private’s or Corporal’s would do. The soldier wore two, and placed one on his kit. As they were made of paper, they tended to rot with a soldier’s body in the mud, and many remains – still discovered today – are identifiable only by way of shoulder titles and DNA testing.

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Found near Paddy Moore's grace at Pargny Cemetery.

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Gift of Jerry Root.

Abstract

This archive contains materials from KJ Gilchrist relating to research for his book on C.S. Lewis and World War I, A Morning after War (New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 2005). Also included in the archive are several pieces of WWI memorabilia / artifacts, gathered by Dr. Gilchrist near locations where C.S. Lewis served.