A patriotic British postcard. || Headed ‘Hats off to the Volunteer Recruits.’, this postcard comprises two photographs. The main figure is of a boy dressed as a British army officer raising his cap to the viewer. Above him is an inset head-and-shoulders portrait of a soldier. The information printed on the back states ‘Series No. 89’ and ‘Printed in England’.

A British sentimental postcard || The faintly inscribed initials of the artist who drew the scene on the front of this postcard – ‘M S W’ – have been inscribed beneath its title, ‘The Absent One.’, which has been printed in the bottom right-hand corner. Above, a small girl is shown standing on a chair beside her mother, kissing a photograph of her soldier–father on the mantelpiece. On the back, the printed details inform us that the postcard was produced by ‘C. W. Faulkner & Co. Ltd., London, E.C.’, along with ‘British Production (Copyright). / Series 1525 E’. There is a name and address written in black ink, as well as a message to ‘Miss K. Carr / Waterstock Rectory / Wheatley S. O. / Oxon.’. The message reads, ‘I hope to have a letter from you in the morning. There is now only one post. We have had no rain since I came. Daddie said it was snowing at Keswick. Mother’. The postmark is incomplete, but the postcard may have been posted on 24 September 1916. || || Postcard || A British sentimental postcard

A British patriotic and sentimental postcard || Captioned ‘The Wounded Soldier.’, the scene portrayed on the front of this postcard comprises a boy dressed as a British soldier, with a bandaged head, arm-in-arm with a smiling girl. The postcard has been addressed in black ink to ‘Master. Grady. W. Sharpe / Durley Dean Hydro / Bournemouth in Dorset’. The message reads, ‘LOTS OF LOVE FROM DICK.’ There is a partially legible postmark: ‘3-PM / 25 SP / 18 / KENT’. The printed details state ‘“Khaki Kiddies.” Series No. 514. Printed in England.’ and ‘A. M. Davis & Co. / Quality cards / London.’. || || Postcard || Front || A British sentimental postcard