…….not cheap either

So when I saw this post card for sale on a well known internet auction sight I saw the Grimsby photographer and immediately thought that this was the 8th (Nottinghamshire) Battalion in camp at Hunmanby in August 1914.

But then I got thinking a bit more…..interestingly, of the 100s of Notts & Derby postcards that I have from 1905-1915…..I don’t have anything from a Grimsby-based photographer.

During 1908-1914 most of the camps were photographed by local photographers or those from the Notts & Derby area.

So….could this have been from a Scarborough Camp (1909 or 1911) ? but it doesn’t look right – not a racecourse setting?

So….how about Hunmanby?…….possible….but they weren’t there that long and photographs of the camp are very rare…..I have only ever seen half a dozen…..

Also the lack of Imperial Service Badges had me scratching my head……

Then I got thinking…..where is Grimsby near to?

“An advance party under Major WR Rock proceeded to South Somercotes, a small village about 1 1/2 miles from Saltfleet [and just South of Grimsby], and few days later the Battalion with others of the North Midland Group moved there and went under canvas”

[“The Robins Hoods”: 1/7th, 2/7th, 3/7th Battns. Sherwood Foresters]

So…..I’m calling this the 3/8th Battalion ‘under canvas’ at Somercotes in the summer of 1916…..