Postcard from William Ernest Foster
Title |
Postcard from William Ernest Foster
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Author |
Foster, William Ernest
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Notes |
Postcard depicting a German in a barrel, with the slogan 'If der Motor Machine Guns haf gone by, den I kan kom out'. Note that he mentions that his service overseas will be in 'Armoured Cars', 'Big motor cars' with steel all around: this is a reference to the first Tanks.
Pte. 200816 William Ernest Foster, D Coy. Heavy Section, Machine Gun Corps (later D Bn. Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps and 4th Bn. Tank Corps), served originally in the Machine Gun Corps (Motors). |
Item date |
12th March 1916
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Creation place |
Bisley Camp, England
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Content | |
Total number of pages |
2
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Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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Digital repository | |
Contributor name |
Richard Marshall (Norwich and Norfolk Millennium Library Submission Day 8th April 2008)
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Contributed on the behalf of |
Helen Callister
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Collection
Citation
“Postcard from William Ernest Foster,” by Foster, William Ernest. The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 2, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/8990.
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