A modern postcard reproducing a 1915 British recruitment poster.

‘I never Forget You, Daddy’, is the title of this postcard, which depicts a boy gazing intently at a photograph of a British army officer. The verse below reads, ‘Sometimes when I’m on my lonesome, I could a’most fink I saw / My own Daddy, talking to me, ’stead of fighting in the war ; / P’raps it’s what my Mum calls day-dreams––says she sees him now and then, / Wish I wasn’t just a-dreaming, and my Dad was here again.’. ‘Madeleine St. Clair.’ And ‘Bamforth copyright’ have been printed across the bottom. The typeset details on the reverse state ‘Bamforth & Co., Ltd., Publishers Holmfirth (England) and New York / ‘Patriot’ Series No. 1095 Printed in England.’. The postcard has been franked ‘EPSOM in Surrey 7.15 PM 19 MAR 1916’. It has been addressed in black ink to ‘Master R. W. A. G. Gibbons / Croxton / Brocklesby / Lincs’. Dated ’19.3.16.’., the message reads, ‘My Darling Geo, What do you think of this card, is that what you do? Love and Kisses from your affect Daddy. xx’. || A British sentimental postcard || || Front || Postcard || A British sentimental postcard

The scene by an unknown artist depicted on the front of this postcard shows a small girl standing by a country-cottage’s open gate as she greets a British soldier. The scene is captioned, ‘Have you seen my Daddy?’ The only printed details of note on the reverse state, ‘The “Burlington” Series.’. || A British sentimental postcard || || A British sentimental postcard || Postcard || Front