Letter from the Red Cross
Title
Letter from the Red Cross
Description
Confirms that parcel had been dispatched but gives warning that at this stage of war is could be difficult to send prisoner of war parcels. In addition, further posting would be suspended.
Creator
Date
1945-03-26
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
One page printed letter
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
MBakerR1549392-200303-17
Transcription
RAF/M/4524
BAKER I R.
FC/23/3/45
[underlined]WAR ORGANISATION
of the
BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY &
ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM [/underlined]
Next-of-Kin Parcels Centre,
14, Finsbury Circus,
London, E.C.2.
Your parcel has been despatched; but in view of the G. P. O. announcement on March 22nd, part of which is quoted below, we are not issuing labels and coupons at present: -
“The Post Master General announces that in the present phase of the war, transport conditions make it difficult to forward next-of-kin and permit parcels to prisoners of war in Germany.
Although, therefore, it is hoped that it may still be possible to forward some, or all, of the present accumulation of these parcels to destination, it is necessary to suspend further posting of next-of-kin and permit parcels for the present.”
[initials]
p.p. DOROTHY FERGUSON
Manager.
26/3/45
BAKER I R.
FC/23/3/45
[underlined]WAR ORGANISATION
of the
BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY &
ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM [/underlined]
Next-of-Kin Parcels Centre,
14, Finsbury Circus,
London, E.C.2.
Your parcel has been despatched; but in view of the G. P. O. announcement on March 22nd, part of which is quoted below, we are not issuing labels and coupons at present: -
“The Post Master General announces that in the present phase of the war, transport conditions make it difficult to forward next-of-kin and permit parcels to prisoners of war in Germany.
Although, therefore, it is hoped that it may still be possible to forward some, or all, of the present accumulation of these parcels to destination, it is necessary to suspend further posting of next-of-kin and permit parcels for the present.”
[initials]
p.p. DOROTHY FERGUSON
Manager.
26/3/45
Collection
Citation
D Ferguson, “Letter from the Red Cross,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 14, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/29756.