Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula
Title
Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula
Description
Number 30. Writes that medical comforts parcel (lists contents) and tobacco from father had arrived. Writes of his activities and weather. Christmas Red Cross parcels have arrived. Hopes daughter Frances had good Christmas.
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Date
1942-11-24
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Format
Two sided handwritten postcard
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Identifier
EValentineJRMValentineUM421124
Transcription
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[front of postcard]
[underlined] NUMBER 30 [/underlined]
Kriegsgefangenenlager
Datum: 24-11-42
Still no further mail from you or anyone else. The “medical comforts” parcel arrived today containing 1 bottle Argotone & 1 packet of Magnesia tablets. [underlined] More of the former might be useful. [/underlined] My fathers 3rd tobacco parcel also come today for which please thank him. Have been reading a few books about the country & intend discussing our future home in my next letter. Life is as uneventful here as ever, heavy snow being the only new feature. Our “Red X” Xmas parcels have arrived on the camp but will not of course be distributed until the appropriate time, which will be before you get this. Hope you all had a good time & that Frances enjoyed her 2nd Xmas. Did she recognise anything special about the occasion. [underlined] Very glad to have Argotone as I am having a spot of bother in that direction. [/underlined]
Love to all John.
[page break]
[rear of postcard]
Kriegsgefangenenpost
[postmark]
Postkarte
An
Gebührenfrei!
MRS U M VALENTINE
Empfangsort: LIDO
TENTERDEN GROVE
Straße: HENDON, LONDON
NW4
Land: ENGLAND
Landesteil (Provinz usw.)
Absender:
Vor- and Zuname:
Sgt JRM VALENTINE
Gefangenennummer: 450
Lager-Bezeichnung:
M,-Stammlager Luft 3
[front of postcard]
[underlined] NUMBER 30 [/underlined]
Kriegsgefangenenlager
Datum: 24-11-42
Still no further mail from you or anyone else. The “medical comforts” parcel arrived today containing 1 bottle Argotone & 1 packet of Magnesia tablets. [underlined] More of the former might be useful. [/underlined] My fathers 3rd tobacco parcel also come today for which please thank him. Have been reading a few books about the country & intend discussing our future home in my next letter. Life is as uneventful here as ever, heavy snow being the only new feature. Our “Red X” Xmas parcels have arrived on the camp but will not of course be distributed until the appropriate time, which will be before you get this. Hope you all had a good time & that Frances enjoyed her 2nd Xmas. Did she recognise anything special about the occasion. [underlined] Very glad to have Argotone as I am having a spot of bother in that direction. [/underlined]
Love to all John.
[page break]
[rear of postcard]
Kriegsgefangenenpost
[postmark]
Postkarte
An
Gebührenfrei!
MRS U M VALENTINE
Empfangsort: LIDO
TENTERDEN GROVE
Straße: HENDON, LONDON
NW4
Land: ENGLAND
Landesteil (Provinz usw.)
Absender:
Vor- and Zuname:
Sgt JRM VALENTINE
Gefangenennummer: 450
Lager-Bezeichnung:
M,-Stammlager Luft 3
Collection
Citation
John Ross Mckenzie Valentine, “Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed July 3, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/19232.
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