WW1 postcard from LC Murdoch Munro BEF to Miss M Munro, dated 4th December 1914

WW1 postcard from LC Murdoch Munro BEF to Miss M Munro, dated 4th December 1914

Munro, Murdoch (1895-1961)

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France

Early Carte Postale field service postcard with Red Ensign maritime flag motif. Also of interest are the spaces for writing specific information about the recipient such as regiment and battalion. Murdoch mentions gettings fags (cigarettes).

Postcard

POS_19141202

French; Scottish

1914-12-04

Cigarettes;
Great Britain. Army. Seaforth Highlanders;
Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force;
Military life--1900-1920;
Munro, Murdoch, 1895-1961;
Personal correspondence;
World War, 1914-1918--France

Original publisher's inscription: Carte Postale;
French and British Red Ensign maritime flag motif.

9 cm (height) x 14 cm (width)

Colored pencil on card stock

Handwriting; Printing techniques

Twentieth century

Murdoch Munro Collection (1914-1919) by Erika Nygard and Lodgepunk.com/MMC is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 CC

B E F
France Wed 2nd
Dear Mary,
So you are still kicking about [illegible] since [illegible]. I received the fags [illegible] and I did welcome them you may be sure. Thanks very much. I sent a P C to – last night still knocking about [illegible] like a [illegible]
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