A British sentimental postcard. || ‘Home on Leave.’ is the title of this postcard, on the front of which is depicted a little boy in the arms of his soldier–father, whose Victoria Cross he is admiring. Printed on the reverse are the words ‘Copyright. Printed and Published by J. Salmon, Sevenoaks, England.’ and ‘Printed in Great Britain’. || || Sevenoaks || 51.27241000000001,0.19089800000006107 || A British sentimental postcard entitled 'Home on Leave.'

This is a postcard from the Inkerman Barracks in Woking, Surrey where James recovered from his injury in 1916. He sent this to his sister (my aunt).

A British comic/patriotic postcard || The initials of the artist who created the scene on the front of this postcard – ‘FW’, or ‘WF’ – can be seen in the bottom right-hand corner. He has depicted a British officer and his wife walking behind a nurse holding twins. The scene is captioned ‘“The result of a weeks leave”’. The typeset text on the reverse includes ‘H. B. Series. Entire British Production. London’ and ‘No 1039’. The postcard is franked ‘BLACKPOOL / 7 30 / 15 JUL 18’. It is addressed in pencil to ‘Miss G L Jenkins / 72 Trafalgar Rd / Smethwick / B.ham Birmingham’. The message reads, ’15 Alexandra Rd / S S ? / Dear Gert / Don’t you wish you were here. It is lovely weather. Pack a few things and come you can sleep with me. C? has not come have you seen anything of him, this is better than work. Love Annie xxxx’. || || Postcard || A British comic postcard || Front