The central part of this postcard focuses on a boy, dressed in pyjamas, lying on a sofa. Inset above him is a head-and-shoulders portrait of a British soldier. The caption at the top reads, ‘I Wonder, Is Daddy as Comfy as Me?’. The printed information on the reverse states ‘112’ and ‘Entirely British Manufacture’. || A British sentimental postcard || || A British sentimental postcard || Postcard || Front

A patriotic postcard || A boy wearing a sailor suit, hands on knees, gazes resolutely out at us from the front of this photographic postcard, above the legend ‘ “THEY’LL NEVER PASS US.” ‘ Printed on the reverse, on the left-hand side of the postcard, is the following verse: ‘A LOVING BIRTHDAY WISH. / …… / To-day is your Birthday ! / O, may you enjoy it, / ’Til all of its moments / are counted and o er, / May luck be your lot, and / may nothing destroy it, / Through years that hold / dozens of Birthdays / in store.’. ‘From’ is printed beneath that, and ‘Auntie Maud’ has been written in black ink alongside it, the handwritten message continuing, ‘with all sic to all I will get you something when I come home Auntie Maud’. She has addressed the postcard to ‘Master B. Turner / c/o Mrs R. ? Turner / Hants Hill / Horsford / Nr Norwich in Norfolk’. The postmark tells us that it was posted in ‘Brixton S.W. London’ on 23 August 1915. The printed text states, ‘Published by Solomon Bros. Ltd., / Graphic House, New North Road, London.’ / ‘SB Series’ / ‘Series No. 114’. || || Postcard || A British patriotic postcard

A patriotic postcard. || Of ‘British Manufacture’, according to information printed on the reverse, this postcard was part of the ‘Savoy Series’, ‘No. 101’, published by ‘Brown & Calder, London’. The text that accompanies the image (by ‘J C Biggar’ ?) reads: ‘When Duty Calls’, ‘A Fond Farewell.’ A poem is printed across the mother’s apron, ‘Farewell dear one / At duty’s call / With Britain’s manhood waking / I leave my home and / You my all / Although our hearts / Are breaking / God grant my prayers / May not be vain / For you till I come / home again.’ || || Postcard || A patriotic postcard