‘“Good Bye / Take care of the children.” / Greetings from Cromhall in Gloucestershire’ is the legend accompanying the illustration, by Dudley Buxton, on the front of this postcard. It depicts a small boy dressed as a British soldier kissing a little girl farewell, his rifle having knocked over a stuffed toy. The printed information on the back tells us that the postcard is part of ‘The Classic Series’; of ‘All British’ manufacture’; and that it is entitled ‘Juvenile Defenders’, further details being ‘221’ / ‘The Classic All British Series / No. 21 ? / Published by W. N. Sharpe Ltd., Bradford, & London.’ A franked halfpenny stamp tells us that the postcard was processed at Cromhall at 6pm on 3 August 1917, while a handwritten message, written in black ink, tells us that it was sent to ‘Miss L. Merrett / Mobley / Berkeley / Glos’ from ‘Gwen’, whose address is given as ‘Post Office / Cromhall / Glos’. || || Postcard || A British postcard sending 'Greetings from Cromhall'.

Embroidered post card stating 'Gone but not Forgotten' with image of Kitchener || Front

Agnes Richardson, whose name can be seen on the right (beneath the word ‘Oilette’), created the charming depiction on the front of this postcard of a two girls arm-in-arm with a beaming young British soldier. The caption below reads, ‘Oh Tommy, we are proud of you!’. The printed information on the back includes the following lines: ‘“WE CAN ALL HELP!”’, ‘Raphael Tuck & Sons’ “OILETTE” Postcard No. 8740’, ‘Art publishers to their Majesties the King & Queen’, ‘Copyright London’ and ‘Printed in England’. || A British patriotic postcard || || Postcard || A British patriotic postcard