Postcard from Private Frederick Guy
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Postcard from Private Frederick Guy
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| Author |
Guy, Frederick Oliver
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| Notes |
Postcard from Private Frederick Guy of the Sherwood Foresters to his parents in Hull, postmarked 7th January 1917. The picture side of the postcard bears two images of a street, labelled "Sinn Fein Rebellion. Sackville Street, Dublin. Before and after". The message on the back reads: "Sunday morning. Dear Mother and Father, Just a card to let you know we arrived at Liverpool this morning. We had a decent passage. I will let you have a letter as soon as we get to our destination. I am on the advance guard. Give my love to all at home [?] Your loving son Fred". Part of a collection relating to Frederick Guy.
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| Item date |
7th January 1917
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| Creation place |
Liverpool
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| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Total number of pages |
2
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| Cataloguer |
Meriel Patrick
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Meriel Patrick (Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull submissions day 31st May 2008)
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| Contributed on the behalf of |
Kathleen Guy on behalf of her husband's brother
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Collection
Citation
“Postcard from Private Frederick Guy,” by Guy, Frederick Oliver. The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 27, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9485.
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