posted on 2024-02-17, 23:46authored byGreat War Archive Project Team
Sent 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: 'To My Dear Wife'.
Pte. 85290 George Gauntlett, Northumberland Fusiliers
History
Identifier
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Creator
George Gauntlett
Date
July 1918
Date Created
01/07/1918
Temporal Coverage
31/07/1918
Source
Postcard
Medium
Mixed
Type
Postcard
Contributor
Richard Marshall | Richard Marshall | Chris Morden
Submission Event
Norwich and Norfolk Millennium Library Submission Day, 8th April 2008
Rights
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor