Grimsby and Cleethorpes Volunteer Training Corps inspection at People’s Park, March 14th 1915.

A detail from an original photographic postcard published by Photo Dept, Porri’s News Bureau, Grimsby (P.N.B. Postcard).

The Volunteer Training Corps was a voluntary home defence reserve force during WW1.

The postcard was posted in Grimsby. Date unreadable. The recipient was Miss Porter, Langdyke, Kennoway, Fife, N.B. The message reads, “Can you find me in the ranks of the Civilian Army? David. Uniform ready next week.”.