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[Wantage Hall]
Photographic postcard of Wantage Hall, Reading, England, circa 1917.Inscription: "Wantage Hall, Reading. 686." Inscription on verso: "Ground training base for Royal Flying Corps - 1917. L. C. Gilmour."Part of a photograph album related to Lionel Cherry Gilmour's service with the Royal Air Force during World War I, circa 1917-1918.
[Royal Air Force servicemen in flight gear]
Photographic postcard of Royal Air Force servicemen in flight gear at Wantage Hall, Reading, England, circa 1917. Lionel Cherry Gilmour is in the back row.Inscription on verso: "In training - England - 1917. Wantage Hall. Reading, England. First day of issue of flying equipment. As yet had only seen a plane and that was in the sky. L. C. Gilmour middle man in back row.”