Arthur Hade was my Grandfather. After the war he was released and became a prison warden. He trained as a carpenter, made coffins and worked for Pierpoint. The cigarette box saved his life at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on the 26th of October 1914. He was captured as a Prisoner of War in Neuve Chapeele and held at the Prisoner of war camp in Alten Grabow.
1 Glass covered box containing:
- 3 WWI medals
- 1 International Football League Winners medal (British Team)
- 1 Cigarette box and three bullets
1 Photograph of Hugh McPherson of Gordon Highlanders exchanged after release from war camp
1 Photograph of Royal Irish Rifles (bottom row, third left)
1 Cigarette box presented to troops at Christmas 1914
1 Piece of material of Royal Irish Rifles emblem made by prisoners