This WW1 YMCA Active Service New Testament Pocket Bible from 1914 is a rare and valuable collectable item related to World War I and militaria.

To a named Old Contemptible soldier who went to war in September 1914 - pic of his medal index card attached

He was William James Lavender of 40 Northcote Rd New Malden who drove for the A.S.C attached to an R.A.M.C hospital unit

He was in Rouxmesnil near Dieppe when he annotated the bible with his details

It appears he may have been transferred to an infantry unit late in the war but he did survive living to a ripe old age (1888-1978)

An interesting story of a career in WW1