Postcard to John Taplin's Parents from John
Title
Postcard to John Taplin's Parents from John
Description
He is well and repeats his request for a pipe and also tobacco.
Creator
Date
1943-03-26
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
One double sided printed card with handwritten annotations
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
ETaplinJATaplinWJ-[Mo]430326-0001, ETaplinJATaplinWJ-[Mo]430326-0002
Transcription
[inserted] RAF [/inserted] Kriegsgefangenenpost
Postkarte
[rubber stamp] [rubber stamp]
An Mr Mrs Taplin.
12 Whites Mead Rd
Empfangsort: Stevenage
Strasse: Herts
Land: England
Landesteil (Provinz usw.)
Gebührenfrei!
Absender:
Vor- und Zuname:
John Taplin. Sgt
Gefangenennummer: 27493
Lager-Bezeichnung: M.-Stammlager VIII B
Deutschland (Allemagne)
[page break]
Kriegsgefangenenlager
Datum: 26-3-43.
Dear folks, still OK I hope, I am fine, & well, hoping to hear from you, anytime now. Let me have news about Stanley Welch. Don’t forget to Send a pipe will you any pipe tobacco, nothing else to do, these days, Love always
John
Postkarte
[rubber stamp] [rubber stamp]
An Mr Mrs Taplin.
12 Whites Mead Rd
Empfangsort: Stevenage
Strasse: Herts
Land: England
Landesteil (Provinz usw.)
Gebührenfrei!
Absender:
Vor- und Zuname:
John Taplin. Sgt
Gefangenennummer: 27493
Lager-Bezeichnung: M.-Stammlager VIII B
Deutschland (Allemagne)
[page break]
Kriegsgefangenenlager
Datum: 26-3-43.
Dear folks, still OK I hope, I am fine, & well, hoping to hear from you, anytime now. Let me have news about Stanley Welch. Don’t forget to Send a pipe will you any pipe tobacco, nothing else to do, these days, Love always
John
Collection
Citation
John Taplin, “Postcard to John Taplin's Parents from John,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 14, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/44221.
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