Departure, January 1916. Edith Teresa Hulton, 1890-1972 (later Lady Berwick) at the Soldiers’ Canteen at San Giovanni di Manzano, Italy
Category
Photographs
Date
Jan 1916 - May 1916
Materials
Photographic paper attached to cartridge paper page of album
Measurements
108 x 78 mm
Place of origin
San Giovanni di Manzano
Collection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 610239.14
Summary
A monochrome photograph showing a wooden hut in the background - the Soldiers’ Canteen at San Giovanni di Manzano, Italy. Two windows can be seen and Edith Teresa Hulton is standing on the doorstep with the open door behind her. She is wearing a dark, winter suit, collar and tie, a fox fur tippet draped around her neck and a straw hat. In the foreground, the front half of an open topped vehicle can be seen, parked in front of the hut. Part of the registration can be made out – 3665. The inscription beneath the photograph - “Partenza Jan. 1916” (Departure Jan. 1916) - implies that Edith Teresa Hulton was about to depart. Photograph Number 12 of 20 photographs, on Page 12 of Edith Teresa Hulton’s Personal Album: Zona di Guerra October 1915 – May 1916 (see CMS Number 610239.1). Edith Teresa Hulton (1890-1972), later Lady Berwick, worked as a Red Cross volunteer in a variety of locations in the Italian war zone during World War I. She married Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick of Attingham (1877-1947) on 30th June 1919 in Venice, Italy.
Provenance
8th Lady Berwick collection; bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972).
Marks and inscriptions
Below the photograph: Partenza Jan. 1916