A WW1 period postcard photograph showing a small group of...

A WW1 period postcard photograph showing a small group of young Welch Regiment soldiers, including a young Arthur Askey to the top right, together including a good full length uniform image of Arthur, with his Lee Enfield rifle and steel helmet together with a late WW1 era Vocal Recital pamphlet, dated September 16th 1918, with full programme details and several recitals being performed by Private A.Askey, a 1923 dated Fifth Annual Reunion of Ex-Service man programme sheet, with Arthur performing a “humorous song’ called ‘Househunting’, and a post WW1 era gold and silver wire bullion Welch Regiment blazer badge, likely worn at a reunion as per above. Note: 767921 Pte Arthur served in the Bantam Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers during WWI, joining in 1918. He would initially serve with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, before transferring to the 18th (Service) Battalion (2nd Glamorgan) Welch Regiment. The 18th were a Bantam Battalion, meaning that the unit was formed from men under the regulation height of 5 feet 3 inches (Arthur was 5 feet 2 inches). It saw heavy fighting, and subsequently heavy losses at the Battle of St Quentin, and the Battle of Bapaume.