Christmas was often celebrated with official approval
during the WWI as it was considered important to boost morale. In military
hospitals like Lewisham Military Hospital, wounded soldiers would have been
joined by army officers, nurses and doctors to celebrate the festive season.
Wars were decorated. Food was often plentiful as this dinner menu card from
1915 shows.
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| Dinner menu Lewisham Military Hospital 1915 ©Lewisham Local History and Archives |
The reverse of the menu card shows the programme with
details of the evening’s entertainments. It reveals the titles of songs sung.
The names of individual soldiers are listed making this archive item a rare
record of ordinary men whose existence might otherwise have been lost to
history. As such this simple menu is a snapshot of a moment in time in the
First World War taken from a local perspective.
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| Dinner menu programme Lewisham Military Hospital 1915 ©Lewisham Local History and Archives |
Julie Robinson, Local Studies Librarian
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