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Digital gallery of Corporal William Hart
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Hart
Photo courtesy Keith Boswell, England
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Hart
Front of a postcard sent from France on January 8, 1917.
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Hart
'Forget Me Not' postcard sent by Corporal Hart to his daughter, Margaret.
[start transcription]
April 8/17
Dear Margaret I thought I would
drop you a card [????] I did not
send you a Letter but as soon
as I get time I will write
to you when I will have
Lots to say to you I hopeyou
are taking care of all the
cards I sent you I want
to see a nice Album [when?]
I come home so goodnight
x x x x from Daddy
[end transcription]
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Hart
Back of the 'To My Dear Little "Chicks"' postcard.
[start transcription]
Jan 8 1917
Dear son how are you
getting along are you
still working away
I must tell you we
are getting pretty stiff
Drill now full packs
on all the time and
Lots of marching to Do
from Daddy
[end transcription]
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Hart
'Forget Me Not' postcard (front view). April 8, 1917. Sent by Corporal Hart to his daughter, Margaret.
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Photo courtesy Keith Boswell, England
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Front of a postcard sent from France on January 8, 1917.
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'Forget Me Not' postcard sent by Corporal Hart to his daughter, Margaret. [start transcription] April 8/17 Dear Margaret I thought I would drop you a card [????] I did not send you a Letter but as soon as I get time I will write to you when I will have Lots to say to you I hopeyou are taking care of all the cards I sent you I want to see a nice Album [when?] I come home so goodnight x x x x from Daddy [end transcription]
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Back of the 'To My Dear Little "Chicks"' postcard. [start transcription] Jan 8 1917 Dear son how are you getting along are you still working away I must tell you we are getting pretty stiff Drill now full packs on all the time and Lots of marching to Do from Daddy [end transcription]
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'Forget Me Not' postcard (front view). April 8, 1917. Sent by Corporal Hart to his daughter, Margaret.
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Page 425 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, BOISLEUX-ST. MARC Pas de Calais, France
Boisleux-St. Marc is a village in the department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres south of Arras. SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY is down a 1 kilometre track on the west side of the road running between this village and the adjacent village of Boisleux-au-Mont (D42E).
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