Pencilled on the back of this
Christmas Card are the words:

"France Dec 16th '18

To Father & Mother

Wishing you a Merry Christmas
and a Happy and Prosperous
New Year

Your loving Son
Jim"

In December 1918 James Henry Hoggarth would have been
19 years of age. His parents lived (it is thought) in Askham-in-Furness. James Henry first joined the Air Force when it was known as the Royal Flying Corps.
He was later to live in Derby.
He had two daughters but was also to adopt his younger sister Annie Isabell's illegitimate son, John (who was killed on
HMS Barham during the Second World War).