World War One scrapbooks to go under the hammer

The album belonged to a Miss Winifred Dixon who was in service at the house, owned by the Rev. Robert Dunlop, and which was used as a convalescent home for soldiers transported from the General Hospital at Tidworth throughout the First World War.
Many of hand-written notes in Miss Dixon’s album make reference to the General Hospital at Tidworth, where thousands of soldiers were treated for their wounds.
The current (unnamed) owner of the scrapbook remembers Miss Dixon telling her how she would always get the “boys” to sign her book. Miss Dixon - a teenager at the time - would have been a similar age to many of the soldiers at Speen Hill House and their friendships are displayed in this time capsule as an intimate record of this tragic period.
The Military Sale will be held on Thursday May 29, at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ saleroom in London, Mayfair.