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Postcard of British Tavern in Ypres

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SubjectUnknown
TitlePostcard of British Tavern in Ypres
NotesA postcard showing a temporary wooden building: 'British Tavern, Cafe, Restaurant', in 'Ypres - Grand'Place'. Erected soon after the war to cater to troops and the first battlefield tourists.

Part of the photograph and scrap album of Revd. Leonard Thomas Pearson, Army Chaplain's Department (attached No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station), discovered in a skip and deposited with the Bodlian Library. Revd. Pearson was interviewed by Lyn Macdonald for her book 'The Roses of No Man's Land', which contains two extracts and a photograph.
Item DateUnknown
Creation placeYpres
File typeImage
Item sourcePostcard
Item mediumCard
ContentPostcard
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_2478_ricebritishtavern.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameStuart Lee
Contributed on the behalf ofP Vainker
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/4084