10.5287/BODLEIAN35.2
First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University Of Oxford
University Of Oxford
First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Postcard of Poperinghe (1)
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
2011
Dataset
Unknown
2011-12-05 09:46:09.129685
2011-12-05 09:46:09.794658
2011
gwa-4082
Postcard
Postcard of French troops in town Square. Reverse reads: 'Dearest Mother. Just a line to say that your son has been mentioned in despatches - the last issue. I think I would like a hair brush with the money so very kindly given. Ever your loving son. leo'
Part of the photograph and scrap album of Revd. Leonard Thomas Pearson, Army Chaplain's Department (attached No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station), discovered in a skip and deposited with the Bodlian Library. Revd. Pearson was interviewed by Lyn Macdonald for her book 'The Roses of No Man's Land', which contains two extracts and a photograph.