First World War Service documents and personal papers of Ernest Edwin Russell

Folder containing documents recording Ernest Edwin Russell's service in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) during the First World War, with photographs and ephemera from his time as an internee in Groningen. Service documents include Russell's RNVR service certificate, certificate of employment during the war, blank copy of certificate of employment during the War, discharge certificate with 'repatriated POW' written in red ink, and a letter from the Medal Branch on his receipt of the British War Medal and Victory Medal. The folder also contains a souvenir programme for a special performance by the internees as the 'Timbertown Follies' in aid of the British Red Cross, a handwritten translation of Russell's Dutch marriage certificate, a photograph of his wife Daisy reading a book, and a photograph of Ernest Edwin Russell and a little girl.

Related material: See RMG item reference: EER/4