A photograph of baby Clemence Coppen.
Embossed across the bottom right-hand corner of this photograph of a wide-eyed baby holding a doll are the following details, which identify the photographic studio that produced it: ‘W E Wright & Sons / FOREST GATE & BRANCHES.’.
There is a wealth of detail handwritten in black ink on the back, in the form of two names and addresses and a message. The message reads, ‘Many Happy Returns of the Day. From Clem / Love & Kisses xxx xxx’. The postcard is addressed to: ‘Trooper T F Dwyer / No 106068 / A Squadron / Herts Yeomanry / 21st Corps Cavalry Regt / Egyptian Expeditionary Force / Egypt’. In the top left-hand corner are the sender’s details: ‘From Coppen / Lynwood / Whalebone Lane /Beacontree Heath Dagenham / Nr Romford / Essex’.
Using these clues, we have managed to identify the baby as being Clemence S Coppen, who was born in late 1916. Follow the link to learn more about baby Clemence and her family, including her uncle, Trooper Thomas F Dwyer: http://bit.ly/Faces44ClemCoppen.
A postcard of baby Clemence Coppen posted to a British soldier.
CONTRIBUTOR
The Army Children Archive
DATE
1917
LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
2
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
METADATA
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