An authentic Great War era photographic postcard featuring a full-length studio portrait of a British soldier in the Royal Army Medical Corps.






​The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) played a vital role during WWI, expanding from 9,000 men at the start of the war to over 113,000 by 1918. This soldier appears to be an "Other Rank" (Private or NCO) rather than an officer.


​The date 11/15 is significant; by late 1915, the British Army was transitioning from the professional "Old Contemptibles" to the massive volunteer "Kitchener’s Army." Soldiers often had these studio portraits taken just before being deployed overseas to the Western Front or Gallipoli to leave with their families as a memento.