A British sentimental postcard || Posed on the front of this postcard is a child dressed in nightclothes leaning against his or her mother, who is sitting at the end of a bed. A head-and-shoulders portrait of a British soldier has been inset above them. To the right is a verse headed ‘A Safe Return.’: ‘Those you leave behind you / Pray that you are well, / Let this card remind you, / In their thoughts you dwell. / Through all trials and dangers, / We will think of you, / And pray that you will soon return / To those who love you true.’. There is a message written in black ink on the back. It reads: ‘My dear Husband / Just to let you know we are still A.1. Charlie and me went to Hadleigh yesterday and they were all quite well will write and tell you all about it later. Am just going out writing this with Charlie on my lap. We are expecting Fanny & Jim down tonight till Saturday. George went to the Dardanelles on the 7th of August and was wounded on the 14th so he did not see all much active service. Well dear I will send you out something later on. I will see after I have paid for the barrows ?. Well I must say Goodnight darling so will close with fondest love from Adelaide & Charlie’. The printed details on the reverse include ‘All British Production’ and ‘Series No. 497-2’. || || Postcard || A British sentimental postcard

Victor Donaldson describes how even with a brokrn rib he could not resist to laugh at Billies jokes and even though he was down the 'Huns@ could not dampen My Grandfathers spirits.

“My father Michael Kennedy was in the merchant navy and his ship was torpedoed. He was from Slade, Co. Wexford, Ireland and they would all have been seafaring people. According to my brother, my father was taken prisoner after his ship was torpedoed and he probably didn’t make it back from Germany until after the war was over. We think he was probably around 19 or 20 years old when he joined up. I have his war medals and also his merchant navy lapel badge. There’s a ‘For Loyal Service’ badge as well. I also have some medals belonging to Thomas Mason, my father’s brother-in-law and childhood neighbour. Thomas’s ship was torpedoed in the Indian Ocean and he spent 53 days adrift on a life raft. He died of yellow fever and is buried in India, in Bombay or Calcutta, I’m not sure which. I also have a British War Medal belonging to Mathew Ronan who was in the Royal Engineers (Service No. 270918). It was with my father’s medals but I don’t know if Mathew Ronan was a relative or one of my father’s friends. After the war my father and mother (Annie Berney Kennedy) went to Liverpool and lived there until shortly before his death in 1943.” || Images: Some of Michael Kennedy’s and Thomas Mason’s medals; a medal belonging to Mathew Ronan; photo of Michael Kennedy and Annie Berney; wedding photo; photo with memory card; || || Michael and Annie Kennedy || My father and mother, Michael and Annie (née Berney) Kennedy || Photograph || || Michael Kennedy's and Thomas Mason's Mercantile Marine and British War medals. Top left is a Merchant Navy badge and top right a 'For Loyal Service' lapel badge. || British War Medals and Mercantile Marine Medals, with lapel badges || Medal || Michael Kennedy's and Thomas Mason's medals || || Medal || British War Medal of Mathew Ronan, Royal Engineers, # 270918 || Remembrance || Mathew Ronan's British War Medal || || Remembrance || Photograph || Michael and Annie (Berney) Kennedy || My parents on their wedding day || || Michael Kennedy's memory card and photograph || Michael Kennedy || Memorabilia