A small boy has been depicted solemnly standing to attention on the front of this postcard against a bright-red background. He wears a tropical topi, or pith helmet, and holds an unsheathed sword in one hand and a Union flag in the other. The caption beneath him reads, ‘WAITING FOR DADDY. / I MUST TAKE CARE OF MUMMY NOW!’. The artist’s name – Lawson Wood – can be seen level with the boy’s knees, on the left; ‘No. 2’ has been printed in the bottom right-hand corner. The printed information on the reverse tells us that it is part of the ‘“ST CLAIR” WAR SERIES’, ‘Printed in Great Britain’, and ‘Printed and Published by DOBSON, MOLLE & CO. LTD., Edinburgh and London’. Postally used, the postmark indicates that it was mailed in September 1915. The name and address of the recipient have been handwritten in violet ink: ‘Miss Sanger, / c/o Mrs Thos. Ellis, / Summer Hill, / Warbleton. Sussex.’. The message reads, ‘My dear Ena, / Many thanks for your postcard. Glad you are enjoying yourself & having nice weather. I don’t suppose you will want to come home will you. How do you like the little kitten. I expect you like being in the hayfield. Give my love to all & kiss the babies for me. With love & kisses from Ella.’. || A sentimental/patriotic British postcard || || Postcard || A British postcard entitled 'Waiting for Daddy.'.

A British sentimental postcard

A black-and-white version of the Union flag adorns the top of this postcard, below the legend ‘KEEP THE FLAG FLYING. / RIGHTS RESERVED’. Beneath it is printed a poem, or song, by ‘R. W. Phipps.’. Headed ‘Daddy’s Farewell.’, it reads: ‘A Steamer was waiting alongside the quay, / Some soldiers were going to war, / Friends and relations were saying farewell / To those they may never see more, / A soldier was parting from his little girl, / My dear old Dad said she– / The war will be over–the fight will be o’er, / Then you’ll return to me. // Chorus–Farewell Daddy, farewell dear, / Your little girl is brave Dad, / You need not fear, / And though we are sighing / And the clouds look black, / We shall be smiling Dad, / When you come back. // Night after night he would dream of his girl, / And bend his weeping head, / When all was silent, when all was at rest, / These are the words that he said ;– // Chorus–Farewell Daddy, etc. // The battle morn arriving, he shouted duty’s call, / Then forward like a soldier, and was the first to fall, / A comrade knelt beside him when he turned his head and smiled, / And talked about his baby and babbled like a child. // Chorus–Farewell Daddy, etc.’ The printed information on the back does not include the name of the postcard’s publisher. || A British sentimental postcard. || || Postcard || A British sentimental postcard headed 'Daddy's Farewell'.