A British sentimental postcard || This ornate postcard, with its patriotic Union flag and Christmassy holly-sprig details, was intended to send a loving message to an absent father. Two small girls within a heart-shaped frame are pictured apparently penning the sentiments printed above, which are headed ‘To dear Daddy away from us at Christmas / With lots of love’. The lines read: ‘We’re thinking about you, Daddy, / And wishing that you were here, / It’s Christmas, you know, but it’s not so nice / With you away, Daddy dear: / We miss you and want you badly, / So far from us all away, / And we’re sending our love, / with a kiss from each / To cheer you on Christmas Day’. The composer of the lines’ name – ‘Willmer.’ – is printed below, further details being ‘X.P. 71.’ and ‘ROTARY PHOTO. E.C.’. There is more printed information on the reverse of the postcard: ‘Rotary Photographic Series’ and ‘This is a Real Photograph’. A child’s hand has scrawled the following message in pencil across the back: ‘From Leslie to dady sic with love and kisses / X X X X X X’.

Presented on the front of this postcard are a photographic portrait of an embracing British soldier and child beneath a spray of flowers and a Union flag. The adjacent text is a heading – ‘To my Dear Daddy away on Duty’ – with the verse below reading, ‘Daddy, dear, how much I miss you / Tongue can never tell, / And every night I pray that you / Are keeping safe and well / Although dark times have come, / Your happiness to dim, / I know that God will keep you safe, / Because I pray to Him.’. Beneath that is the name ‘POPPY’, while the details in the bottom corners state ‘7640. A.’ and ‘ROTARY PHOTO.EC.’. Surrounding everything is a flower-embossed frame. The typeset details on the reverse include ‘Printed in Britain’, ‘Rotary Photographic Series’ and ‘This is a Real Photograph’. There is also a message, handwritten in black ink: ‘Wishing our Dear Daddy a very Bright and happy Birthday with the Best of Good luck and a speedy Return. From your Dear Little Daughters Annie & Nora’. || A British sentimental postcard || || Postcard || A British sentimental postcard

A British sentimental postcard || The tableau at the centre of this postcard shows a girl sitting at a table apparently composing a letter. The text above and below her is headed ‘To my dear Daddy’. The verse that follows reads: ‘I’ve got your picture, Daddy dear, / Before me as I write, / A line to send my love before / I go to bed to-night / I don’t forget you, Daddy dear, / When I kneel down to pray, / And mother too, she prays for you, / While you are far away / But Daddy dear you’ll soon be home / Across the sea so blue, / For God will send you safely back / Because I ask him to.’. The printed details on the reverse state ‘W. & K. London, E.C. Series No 3611 British Manufacture’. || || A British sentimental postcard || Postcard || Front