Postcard of Poperinghe
Title |
Postcard of Poperinghe
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Subject |
Unknown
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Notes |
Postcard of French troops in town Square. Reverse reads: 'Dearest Mother. Just a line to say that your son has been mentioned in despatches - the last issue. I think I would like a hair brush with the money so very kindly given. Ever your loving son. leo'
Part of the photograph and scrap album of Revd. Leonard Thomas Pearson, Army Chaplain's Department (attached No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station), discovered in a skip and deposited with the Bodlian Library. Revd. Pearson was interviewed by Lyn Macdonald for her book 'The Roses of No Man's Land', which contains two extracts and a photograph. |
Item date |
1914 - 1918
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Creation place |
Poperinghe
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Item medium | |
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 |
Stuart Lee
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Contributed on the behalf of |
P Vainker
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Collection
Citation
“Postcard of Poperinghe,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 29, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9051.
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