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2 unwritten sentimental postcards For King and Country For Hearth and Home

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SubjectCrisp, Lawrence
Title2 unwritten sentimental postcards For King and Country For Hearth and Home
NotesFrom the collection of Lawrence Crisp who served in the Royal Engineers.

Editor's Comment:
Postcard of man leaving behind child and wife: 'For King and Country'; a wounded Highlander being tended by wife and child: 'For Hearth and Home'.

Sapper 216741 Lawrence Crisp, Royal Engineers.
Item Date1914 - 1915
Creation placeUnknown
File typeImage
Item sourceMultiple
Item mediumCard
ContentPostcard
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_2630_2_unwrittenpostcards__For_King_and_country__For_Hearth_and_Home_306.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameJill Harwood
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/4183