Sydney Gamble, a London fire brigade member who had lost all hope in finding his son, Lieutenant Richard Summer Gamble, missing at the Ferme du Bois battle in France in May 1915, wrote attaching his picture and as many details as he could, including a drawing of the Viking soldier in full armour tattoo he had, this letter is part of the archive of letters sent by relatives of missing soldiers from the First World War asking for help from the Spanish King Alfonso XIII at the Royal Palace archive in Madrid, Spain, December 20, 2024. REUTERS/Juan Medina