1. Des Quinn and Martin Williams Part 2 Press ‘ESC’ at any time to stop the presentation

2. Click on a Christmas Card that you would like to know more about. Extension Work

3. What is the soldier asking the angel for before she can proceed to the trenches? Card courtesy of Des Quinn

4. Click here to see inside of the card Which corps has produced this card? Why do you think that different regiments produced their own cards? Card courtesy of Des Quinn

5. Look at the images around the inside of this card. Who and what are the soldiers thinking about and missing as they drink a toast? Card courtesy of Des Quinn

6. When was this Christmas Card produced and what does it show? When did it actually arrive at its destination? Who do you think produced it and what helped you to make up your mind? Card courtesy of Des Quinn

7. What makes this such an effective Christmas Card from the trenches? Think about what conditions were really like in many trenches and who may have received this card. Card courtesy of Des Quinn

8. This Christmas Card records the countries and areas where the 4 th Division had been in battle. What does this tell you about the feeling of pride within each Division? Using an atlas/map can you find out where each area is and in which country? Card courtesy of Des Quinn

9. What is this soldier of the 38 th Division thinking of at Christmas? This postcard was produced in 1917 Translate the Welsh on this Christmas Card. Card courtesy of Des Quinn

10. The scheme to make gift boxes for soldiers was launched in October 1914 with the purpose of getting a gift tin to everyone ‘wearing the King’s uniform on Christmas Day’. The box was made of brass and embossed with Princess Mary’s head and initials. The tin for smokers contained a pipe, tobacco, twenty cigarettes, a small photograph of the Princess and a Christmas card. Non-smokers received a tin that included a pencil made into the shape of a bullet (see the next slide). Princess Mary’s Gift Box, Christmas 1914 Why do you think that Princess Mary had Christmas gift boxes made for British soldiers in 1914?

11. The Princess Mary Box seen here contained a message from Longleat. “The Marchioness of Bath has been requested by Colonel Hooke of the 7 th Wilts. Regiment to forward to Rte. A.R. Coombes The enclosed gift from H.R.H. Princess Mary.” Look at the date that this letter, and subsequently the Princess Mary Box, was sent on the next slide. Image courtesy of Des Quinn

12. Judging by the date that this letter was sent, did all soldiers get their Christmas Gifts on time? Why do you think that the Marchioness of Bath was sending out Princess Mary Boxes to troops of the 7 th Wilts. Regiment?