Postcard to John Taplin's Parents from John

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Postcard to John Taplin's Parents from John

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He is well but has not had any mail recently.

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One double sided printed card with handwritten annotations

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ETaplinJATaplinWJ-[Mo]XX0910-0001, ETaplinJATaplinWJ-[Mo]XX0910-0002

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[underlined] R.A.F. [/underlined]

Kriegsgefangenenpost

Postkarte

[rubber stamp] [rubber stamp]

An

Mr. & Mrs Taplin

Empfangsort: 12, Whitesmead Rd,
Strasse: Stevenage
Land: Herts.
Landesteil (Provinz usw.

Gebührenfrei!

Absender:

Vor- und Zuname: F/SGT TAPLIN.
Gefangenennummer: 27493
Lager-Bezeichnung:
M. -Stammlager 344

Deutschland (Allemagne)

[page break]

Kriegsgefangenenlager

Datum: Sept 10th.

Dear Mum & Dad, haven’t heard from you for some little time now but don’t worry as mail is very irregular. Hope you are both O.K as I am myself. It shouldn’t be long now before I am home. [deleted] now [/deleted] Lots of love, your loving son, Johnny,

x x x

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John Taplin, “Postcard to John Taplin's Parents from John,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed September 12, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/44293.