Thursday, 11 September 2025

Poems written during WW1 in an autograph album

Historian Debbie Cameron posted this on her Facebook Page Remembering British women In WW1 -The Home Front & Overseas 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1468972083412699/posts/3668126483497237/?comment_id=3668806230095929&reply_comment_id=3668812406761978&notif_id=1757589093891533&notif_t=group_comment_mention

"I recently posted on my weblog about an autograph book I have that belonged to Doris Freeman (Dolly) a Member of the WRAF, stationed at Lympne in Kent in World War One.  


While reading some of the poems before further research, I realised that as well as the usual "ditties" and quotes, there were several poems that were written by friends of Dolly that relate to their experiences in the War as it was happening.   I thought it would be fitting to publish these - in their own way as important and authentic as the so-called "War Poets". 

Don’t worry about trying to decipher them…My post gives a transcript of the poems!   I particularly like a rather jaunty one in which the writer looks ahead to a Christmas at peace and with the daughters’ service recognised, as well as ma’s!”

Debbie's weblog is   http://historicalclues.blogspot.com/2025