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Photographic Postcard of E H Owens holding guns on right

FWW/002/003

Black and white photographic Postcard of a group of men with guns and large white tents in the background. Sent to E H Owens’ mother. Green halfpenny stamp attached
Postcard, 'India for the King' sent by Albert Mander to his family

FWW/005/003

The front of the postcard has a pencil illustration of a man on a horse with two other men either side and the inscription “India For the King!” “No.3 Reproduced by special permission of the Proprietors of “Punch” The reverse text reads “Dear Mother and Dad. We are moving to Wycombe on Thursday Morning at ...
Postcard, 'United we stand' sent by Albert Mander to his family

FWW/005/004

Hand drawn postcard the front shows a field gun, airship, grouped colours and motto “United We Stand”, text on reverse from Albert Mander to his parents “Dearest Mother and Dad. all being well, I shall be home on Saturday afternoon. I hope Auntie Minnie is coming this week. From your loving son albert.”, postmarked Aylesbury ...
Postcard, 'Longing to see you' sent to Albert Mander in France by Nellie

FWW/005/005

Colour Postcard with “Longing To See You” verse on front with picture of girl and dog, text on reverse from Nellie to Albert “Dear Albert, Thank you for letter this morning was very pleased to hear you are quite well I will write you a letter tomorrow hope you will like this card. Lots of ...
Valentines postcard 'Thine Alone' sent By Evelyn to unknown

FWW/005/006

Valentines Day colour postcard with “Thine Alone” verse on front with picture of serviceman and girl, text on reverse from Evelyn to unknown “Wishing you many happy returns of the day with lots of love and kisses from your little girl Evelyn. I can not tell you how much I love you”, no postmark, no ...
Family postcard 'A Night Attack' sent by Albert Mander

FWW/005/007

Colour Postcard with “A Night Attack” and cartoon on front with military theme advertising Beechams Pills, text on reverse from Albert Mander to parents “Dear Mother and Dad. I daresay I shall be home tomorrow all being well. it has been raining nearly all day today. We are expecting to go on a night march ...
Embroidered Postcard 'To My Dear Sister'

FWW/006/001

Embroidered Postcard. Front has “To My Dear Sister” with pansy, Union Jack and red rosebuds. Message on reverse reads ‘Annie with love from her brother 1/4/18’
Embroidered postcard 'Expeditionary from France'

FWW/006/002

Embroidered postcard with an embossed card border. Design has ‘1917’ in red and blue in the centre which has a blue flower chain around it with two yellow, pink and purple pansies at the top. On the left is the French flag and on the right the Union Flag. ‘Expeditionary from France’ ...
Embroidered postcard 'A Kiss from France'

FWW/006/003

Embroidered card with border. Design has a bluebird carrying a Union Jack flying over a fence with a tall blue plant [hollyhock?] and a purple and white pansy. Embroidered with the words ‘A kiss from France” in blue between the bird and the fence. Reverse says “For Nellie’s Birthday Aug. 1917 from dad’
Embroidered postcard 'Flowers of France Gathered for you'

FWW/006/004

Embroidered postcard with design showing a basket containing short red white and grey flowers and longer purple and red flowers with foliage. The top of the card reads ‘Flowers of France ‘ and underneath the basket are the words ‘Gathered for you’. On the reverse is the date 6.11.17.
Postcard 'Bonne Annee'

FWW/006/005

Postcard with design showing a [pulled New year cracker?] with an explosion of carnations and multicoloured pansies. ‘Bonnes Annee’ is written on the cracker. There is nothing on reverse.
Embroidered postcard 'Happy Birthday'

FWW/006/006

Embroidered postcard with border. Design shows a blue bowl containing purple and yellow pansies, pink flower and pink rosebud and long yellow flowers with foliage. Underneath the bowl are the words ‘Happy Birthday’ in yellow thread. The reverse is blank
Embroidered postcard showing Middlesex Regiment badge

FWW/006/007

Embroidered postcard showing badge of the Middlesex Regiment. Design shows a badge surmounted by a Union Jack to the top right and a red flag with a Union Jack in the top right of the flag on the top left. The badge is embroidered with the words ‘Ich Dien’ and ‘Middlesex Regt.’ in purple and ...
Embroidered postcard 'From Your Loving Husband'

FWW/006/008

Embroidered postcard with embossed border. Design shows an oval with red and blue borders containing a tree and a path leading to a (thatched?) cottage. This is surmounted by three white and purple pansies. ‘From your loving husband’ is embroidered in yellow thread on the right hand side. The reverse of the card is ...
Embroidered postcard; 'Home Sweet Home'

FWW/006/009

Embroidered postcard with a border. Design shows a building [church?]with pink roof. There is a tall tree behind the building. A path leads to the building through a roofed porch with a tree to the right. The words ‘Home Sweet Home’ are embroidered in blue thread. Reverse of card is blank.
Embroidered postcard; 'To My Dear Daughter'

FWW/006/010

Embroidered postcard with an embossed border. Design shows a brown wheelbarrow full of blue, white, grey and pink flowers and foliage. The words ‘ To My Dear Daughter’ are embroidered in purple thread on the right hand side. The card is dated 10. 8.17 on the reverse.
Embroidered postcard ' To My Dear Little Girl'

FWW/006/011

Embroidered postcard with embossed border. Design shows a bluebird with wings outstretched carrying a yellow and purple pansy. The words ‘To My Dear Daughter’ are embroidered in blue thread on the bottom right of the card. The reverse of the card is blank.
Embroidered Postcard 'May God Bless You Until I Return!'

FWW/006/012

Embroidered postcard with embossed border. Design shows two flower chains. The lower is of blue flowers. The upper is of blue flowers but with a purple and white pansy in the centre. The words ‘May God Bless You” are embroidered in yellow thread above the top flower chain and ‘Until I return!’ embroidered in yellow ...
Embroidered postcard '1918'

FWW/006/013

Embroidered postcard with embossed border. Design shows 1918 embroidered with colours and elements of the flags of the victorious nations. Underneath is a crescent of green foliage and the words ‘ Souvenir de France’ embroidered in purple thread. The reverse of the card is blank
Embroidered postcard; "Royal Ordnance Corps"

FWW/006/014

Embroidered postcard with embossed border. Design shows the badge of the Royal Ordnance Corps surmounted by a flower chain with three pale blue flowers. Above this are a crossed Union and [Canadian?] flags. A gold star is embroidered above these. The words ‘Royal Ordnance Corps’ are embroidered beneath the badge in yellow thread and the ...
Embroidered postcard "Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers"

FWW/006/015

Embroidered postcard with embossed border. Design shows the badge of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers surmounted by flower chain with two blue flowers. Behind the badge are crossed Union and [Canadian?] flags. Underneath the badge is a flower chain of purple and blue flowers. The reverse of the card is blank.
Embroidered postcard "To My Sister"

FWW/006/016

Embroidered postcard with embossed border; Design shows the words “To my Sister” in green thread in a green bordered panel containing a sunburst in gold thread, pink flowers and foliage. Underneath the panel is a chain of purple flowers. On the reverse of the card is written “From Jack With best wishes to all ...
Printed postcard "A Happy Christmas"

FWW/006/017

Printed postcard. Design has oval on left hand side showing a woman taking water from a river. Cottage in background. There are bullrushes to the left of the oval and water lilies underneath. A small frog is at the bottom right of the oval. The words “A Happy Christmas” are on the right of ...
Embroidered postcard "My best Kisses"

FWW/006/018

Embroidered postcard with embossed border. Design shows a large pink flower with two buds and foliage. Behind this and running down the card is a flower chain with seven small blue flowers. Beneath the large flower are the embroidered words “My best Kisses” in pink/lilac thread. The reverse has 4.7.17 written on it.