A (wounded?) British soldier's family of three
An address, possibly that of the studio that produced it, appears to have been stamped on the back of this photographic postcard, but the paper is tatty and torn, and the address is no longer legible. The handwritten dedication is, however, clear: ‘Miss Will / with love.’ The photograph shows an army child and her parents. Her mother has a book resting in her lap, while her father appears to have a cigarette in his right hand and holds a walking stick in his left. There may be a wound stripe on his lower left sleeve. Wound stripes were introduced in August 1916, and one signifies the first occasion of a soldier’s wounding.
A photograph of a British soldier and his family.
A photograph of a British soldier and his wife and daughter.
Photograph
CREATOR
The Army Children Archive
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
1
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
METADATA
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