Επιστολικό δελτάριο με λευκό περιμετρικό πλαίσιο στο οποίο απεικονίζεται ένα αρχοντικό της περιοχής “Quartier des campagnes, μέσα στο οποίο φέρει τίτλο στην κάτω πλευρά, στα γαλλικά και αγγλικά : “28. SALONIQUE – Quartier des Campagnes – Une Vila/Country-house quarter, Villa”. Στην οπίσθια όψη, στην κάτω αριστερή γωνία, αναγράφεται το όνομα του εκδότη “Panisse et Gallenca, éditeurs”. Στη μέση, καθέτως, αναγράφεται :”Phototypie Bandinière, Paris”. Στην οπίσθια όψη, ακολουθεί το κείμενο : “Vendredi, 31 mai 1918 Chers Parents, Vous écrivant tous les jours, je vous envoie ces deux mots pour vous dire que je vais toujours bien. Nous avons encore la pluie ce jour, et pas de courrier ce matin. Espérons que ce sera pour demain. Je vous quitte Chers Parents en vous embrassant tous deux affectueusement. Votre fils devoué, ...”. || ΚΑΡΤ ΠΟΣΤΑΛ || || 48.856614,2.3522219000000177 || Postcard || Παριση Γαλλια || Front || || Postcard || Back

Greetings cards addressed to Miss Stone May Stone, George Street, Altrincham, Cheshire, England. Some are embroidered and colourful with patriotic scenes of flags, anchors etc. These include: a 1914-1915 card (inscription Souvenir from behind the firing lines, from W. Abrahams thanking her for he sleeping cap, card printed in Paris); Best Wishes card (inscription Xmas 1915, signed Will); Manchester Regiment badge (inscription Somewhere in France June 9th 1916, signed Will); A Happy Birthday (inscription Dearest May, France 1916, signed Will, her birthday was April 23); Xmas Greetings 7th Division (battle honours Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Festubert, Loos) men marching with greatcoats, caps, sacks and belongings as well as rifles etc. (inscription Xmas 1915, signed Will); 25 Division Christmas 1918 (inscription 20th Manchester Regt BEF, Near Cambrai, Reg B 31/12/1918 Cheers Billie! See you soon Congrats on getting home OK). This is part of a collection that relates to William Hunt. Hunt signed on in 1915 at Manchester Town Hall to the 5th City Battalion, Manchester Regiment. His initial training was at Bellvue, Manchester then Morcambe and finally Grantham, before going to France in December 1915. He fought at Albert and Fricourt and after a spell behind the lines with trench fever was sent back to the front to join the 8th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment at Thiepval where he was injured by mortar fire, wounded through the thigh and taken prisoner on 26th August 1916. He then spent the rest of the war in two or three prisoner of war camps before being repatriated at the end of the war and demobilised at Preston on 19th March 1919. In his attestation certificate, downloaded from the Ancestry website, Hunt's details include: No. 1712 ?; Corps: 5th City ? Batt. Mtsr Manchester? Regt; Your name: William Hunt: Address: Rosslyn, Hazelwood Rd, Hale ?, Cheshire; Age: 24 years 10 months; Trade: clerk; Married: no; Previous service: no; Witness to Hunt's signature: K. Howell. Two CDs of his story have been recorded telling the details of his wartime experiences from signing on to repatriation. These are marked 20 SB Manchester Res. L/C William Hunt, No. 17127. WW1 memories. A number of photographs of the period are also in the collection and postcards to his fiance, May Stone. || Greetings cards addressed to Miss Stone || || Postcard || PR29 Greetings cards addressed to Miss Stone

ΦΩΤΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ ΠΥΡΟΒΟΛΟΑΚΗ || Ο Ανέστης Γεωργ. Πυροβολάκης, καθισμένος, με σταυρωτά πόδια, την κάννη της καραμπίνας στο αριστερό χέρι, στέλνει χαιρετίσματα από το μέτωπο στους γονείς του.