Private George B .Armishaw WW I, 72nd Bn CEF Head and shoulders portrait. Inscribed on front: "Love to all at home / George Bramshott Camp June 27 / 1916" Undecipherable writing on back. 129753 Pte. George Bartholomew Armishaw arrived in France on 6 October 1916. He was wounded as a result of a shell concussion and a gunshot wound (shrapnel) to his left ear on 30 October 1917. He returned to the unit on 11 April 1918. Regimental History, Pages 17 - 18 "[During the evening of 5 May 1916] ... The Battalion now found itself in a well-appointed camp which combined huts, to accommodate about 30 men, with tbe usual military tents. Morning breaking revealed Bramshott as a camp of about 11/2 miles long by 1/2 mile broad, on high ground, between Liphook and Hindhead on the Portsmouth road, its soil very sandy, and the surrounding country wild moorland and gorse. There were comfortable headquarters, and good bathing and fumigating arrangements.The Battalion now settled down to three months and one week of steady training, including very thorough instruction in musketry by its own officers and NCOs." The 72nd Battalion left Bramshott for the Front on 12 August, 1916.