Embroidered Post Card - "I'm thinking of you"

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

1997.5043

Embroidered Post Card bearing the motto "I'm thinking of you" with floral motif, crossed Union Jack flags and a crown above the motto. 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