Embroidered Post Card - "God Be With You Till We Meet Again"

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

1997.5039

Embroidered Post Card bearing the motto "God Be With You Till We Meet Again" with floral design and Union Jack and French flags. These were a popular type of card sent home by troops on active service during First World War. Message on reverse reads: "from Will". Sent home from France by Private William John Fairy, a soldier from St Albans who later died, after being fatally wounded at Ypres in September 1917. One of a series of 12 similar items.

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Amy Cooke

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22/06/2006