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First World War Postcard ‘Ever in My Thoughts’ from Pte. Edward Charles MOUCHEMORE, 6351

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Pte E.C. MOUCHEMORE

1918

Overview

Souvenir postcard with a water colour print on the front of a soldier behind sandbags overlooked by a young woman with flowers. A verse in the top left corner and a sentiment below the picture are both printed in blue ink with red flourishes. On the back is a handwritten letter covering the whole card.

Historical information

Part of an extensive collection of postcards received by Vera VERGE from her sweetheart Private Edward Charles MOUCHEMORE 6351 who served with the 28th Battalion during the First World War. They met in Albany while attending the same school. Edward was killed in action at Bullecourt, France on 3 October 1918 at the age of 22. The collection was kept by Vera throughout her life and donated to the Princess Royal Fortress by a family member in 2019.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2019.16.21

Item type

Postcards

Themes

War and Conflict > World War 1

Material

Card

Ink

Width

88 mm

Height or length

140 mm

Weight

6 g

Inscriptions and markings

On the front “I miss you so, my loved one / Now we are far apart / For tender thoughts arise dear / Within my loving heart / EVER IN MY THOUGHTS”. On back “Sept 21. 91918 / My Darling Vera just this card dear / Before I go / We have / Been going every day / it is quit on the cards / that We are going to / night / We cannot go / away [sic] / We do / no drill or anything / There are 4 of my Batt / going / We Went down town / last Night / We had a / real good time just / the three of us and me / made fun of every thing / We Were just about swim / ming By the time we got / home my close are still / Wet / Well darling word / just came that We are / going today / We are having / a lot of rain of [sic]” written in black ink.

Keywords

WW1

Albany

Ted Mouchemore

Postcards

Place made

United Kingdom

Year

1918

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance