Lives of the First World War

The image shows Arthur Lincoln's medals – his Military Medal and Bar and his Victory and War Medals.

A photograph of one of the two POW camps where my grandfather was held prisoner in 1918.

This image shows Arthur Lincoln as a boy in what looks like a sailor suit with his mother.

This image shows my grandfather in uniform.

See story entry re fraudulent entry in pay book.

This image shows a painting of the Cachy Incident in which my grandfather was taken prisoner. As I understand it the original of the painting is now lost, but there is a photograph of it in the archives at the Tank Museum. The inscription on the back of the photograph identifies what it depicted and was written by Captain Tommy Price who was my grandfather’s commanding officer at the time he was taken prisoner. In this Incident a number of Germans were surprised in the open by a group of approximately seven Whippet tanks. The Whippet tanks killed a significant number of the Germans. Accounts vary as to how many, but the best account seems to say about 400. The Official History of the War states that all of the occupants of my grandfather’s tank were killed. This was not so and the Official History is wrong! My grandfather and the driver of the tank, named Herbert, survived and were taken prisoner, and the officer in the tank, Harry Dale, was indeed killed.

This is a photograph of a cloth badge which my grandfather wore on his uniform when he was a prisoner of war at a POW camp in Giessen in Germany.

This is the first of four pages of a letter written when my grandfather was taken prisoner by an officer (Captain Silver) to my grandfather’s mother. At the time the letter was written it was not known whether my grandfather had been captured or was dead. One cannot but be moved by the care which the officer takes to convey information to my great-grandmother sensitively and kindly.

This is the second of four pages of a letter written when my grandfather was taken prisoner by an officer (Captain Silver) to my grandfather’s mother. At the time the letter was written it was not known whether my grandfather had been captured or was dead. One cannot but be moved by the care which the officer takes to convey information to my great-grandmother sensitively and kindly.

This is the first of four pages of a letter written when my grandfather was taken prisoner by an officer (Captain Silver) to my grandfather’s mother. At the time the letter was written it was not known whether my grandfather had been captured or was dead. One cannot but be moved by the care which the officer takes to convey information to my great-grandmother sensitively and kindly.

This is the fourth of four pages of a letter written when my grandfather was taken prisoner by an officer (Captain Silver) to my grandfather’s mother. At the time the letter was written it was not known whether my grandfather had been captured or was dead. One cannot but be moved by the care which the officer takes to convey information to my great-grandmother sensitively and kindly.

Currency from his time as a PoW in Arthur Lincoln's possession.

Family photograph uploaded by another Lives of the First World War member, rotated and cropped for use as profile picture.