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 thanks them for two cigarette parcels. He has been sunbathing and been at church.

Creator

Date

1944-06-25

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Format

One double sided printed sheet with handwritten annotation

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Identifier

ETaplinJATaplinWJ-[Mo]440625-0001, ETaplinJATaplinWJ-[Mo]440625-0002

Transcription

Kreigsgefangenenpost

R.A.F.

Postkarte

[ink stamp] [ink stamp]

An

Mr & Mrs Taplin
Empfangsort: 12, Whitesmead Rd
Strasse: Stevenage
Land: Herts. ENGLAND
Landesteil (Provinz usw.

Gebührenfrei!

Absender:

Vor- und Zuname:
SGT. J. TAPLIN
Gefangenennummer: 27493
Lager-Bezeichnung:
M. -Stammlager VIII B
Deutschland (Allemagne)

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Kriegsgefangenenlager

Datum: June 25th ’44.

Dear Mum & Dad, hope you are O.K. as I am myself. Have received 2 cigarette parcels this week, so please keep them coming. Went to Church this morning & then did some sunbathing. Getting quite brown. Love Johnny

xxxx

Collection

Citation

John Chaplin, “Postcard to John Taplin's Parents from John,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed September 8, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/44277.