Postcard to John Taplin's Parents from John

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Title

Postcard to John Taplin's Parents from John

Description

He is well and repeats his request for a pipe and also tobacco.

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Date

1943-03-26

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Format

One double sided printed card with handwritten annotations

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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)

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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

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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.