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Embroidered Postcard from George Gauntlett

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AuthorGauntlett, George
TitleEmbroidered Postcard from George Gauntlett
NotesSent by George Gauntlett to his wife Florence (nee Moon).
Great Uncle George was a lifelong teetotaler and used to tell me that they held him down to pour the Rum ration down his throat before they let him go 'over the top'.

Editor's Comment:
Postcard with the message: 'Longing to See You'.
Pte. 85290 George Gauntlett, Northumberland Fusiliers
Item Date1914 - 1918
Creation placeUnknown
File typeImage
Item sourcePostcard
Item mediumMixed
ContentPostcard
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_2044_norscan0008.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameRichard Marshall (Norwich and Norfolk Millennium Library Submission Day 8th April 2008)
Contributed on the behalf ofChris Morden
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/3720