Grandfather's First World War Postcards
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Grandfather's First World War Postcards
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Unknown
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Notes |
Grandfather survived the war and kept these unsent postcards as souvenirs.
Editor's Comment: Postcards captioned as follows:\r\n'La Guerre 1914-17 | Offensive Franco-Anglaise - Combles (Somme) [...] The ruins of town hall of the church'. 'La Guerre 1914-17 | Offensive Franco-Anglaise - Combles (Somme) [...] The road of Combles a Guillemont'. 'Neuve-Chapelle apres la bataille'. 'Malines apres le bombardement'. Handwritten: 'Captain Fryat grave late master of the "Brussels"'. 'Saint-Omer: Basilique Notre-Dame. Tombeau de Saint-Erckembode'. 'Arras avant la terrible guerre. - Panorama'. 'Campagne de 1914 | Poperinghe - Troupes Anglaises sur la Grand'Place'. 'Arras avant la terrible guerre. - L'Hôtel de Ville'. 'Poperinghe - Rue d'Ypres'. 'Bruges Vue sur la très ancienne auberge "La Vache" Quai du Rosaire'. 'Poperinghe - Le Collège Saint-Stanislas'. Handwritten: 'Bruges'. Handwritten: 'The Mole Zeebrugge'. 'Ostende | Eglise S. S. Pierre | et Paul'. Handwritten: 'Bruges' 'Bruges | Vue sur l'ancienne Ecluse'. 'Ostende [...] La Rotonde'.\r\n'Ostende - La Plage à Marée haute'. 'Copyright by De Ghelden | Bruges | The Vindictive | at Ostende -'. 'E. S. Marquise (P.-de-C.) - Le Calvaire | et l'Entrée du Marais'. 'Ostende - l'Eglise St. Joseph'. 'Ostende - Le Boulevard Van Iseghem et la Digue'. 'E. S. Marquise (P.-de-C.) - Le Gazomètre'. 'E. S. [...] Marquise (P.-de-C.) - Route de Guînes'. 'E. S. [...] Marquise (P.-de-C.) - Entrée de l'Avenue Ferber'. 'Ypres - [...] The Pauwels Gallery (Halles of Ypres) | before the Bombardment and after'. '[...] Hooghe lez Ypres castle before and after the shelling'. '[...] Halles of Ypres before and during the fire of 22 nov. 1914'. 'Ypres - [...] The Town-Hall'. 'Ypres - Église Saint-Martin'. '[...] - Under the Donker poort Halles of Ypres'. 'Ypres. - Le theatre'. 'Ypres. - [...] Donek's brew, Dixmude street, before the bombardment and after'. 'Interieur des halles d'Ypres après le bombardement'. 'Bergues. - Le Beffroi (XIVe siècle)'. 'Halles d'Ypres - [...] The Delbeke Hall before the Bombardment and after'. 'Bergues. - Église Saint-Martin - Façade'. 'Bergues. - Les Fortifications (XVIIe Siècle)'. 'Bergues. - Tours de l'Ancienne Abbaye'. 'Bergues. - Porte de Cassel (XVIIe Siècle)'. 'Bergues. - La Mairie, 1867 (réédition de l'édifice espagnol de 1664). 'Beruges. - Le Pont Saint-Jean (Maison de 1597)'. 'Beruges. - Porte de Bierne (XVIIe Siècle)'. |
Item date |
1914 - 1918
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Creation place |
France and Belgium
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Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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Filename |
GWA_4816_Grandfather_s_First_World_War_Postcards.pdf
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Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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Digital repository | |
Contributor name |
David M. Tidd
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Collection
Citation
“Grandfather's First World War Postcards,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 18, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/5362.
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