Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula

Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula

Number 34. List letters and parcels that have arrived. News from home and glad daughter avoided measles. He has a streaming cold.

1942-12-11

Two sided handwritten postcard

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NUMBER 34
Kriegsgefangenenlager
Datum: 11-12-42
Your letter of 27th Oct Safely here, also the first from your Mother dated 27th Sept. An xmas parcel has arrived from Sweden (Direcktor Hansson, A/B Karlstads Mekowska heirksta [deleted] n [/deleted] d, Karlstad) It doesn’t contain much but it is welcome. Hope the news of Eileen’s boy friend proves to be correct. You yourself, wrote in a foot note that Johnson & Halbert sent their best wishes & I was much puzzled as to who they were. Glad to hear that Frances has avoided measles so far. I’d love to see her. Everything as usual here – I have a streaming cold & can’t taste anything at all. All my love as usual, dearest Hope you are keeping well & cheerful, always yours John
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Kriegsgefangenenpost
Postkarte
[postmark] PASSED P.W.4754 [/postmark]
[postmark] GEPRUFT 52 [/postmark]
An MRS U M VALENTINE
LIDO
Empfangsort: TENTERDEN GROVE
StraBe: HENDON, LONDON NW4
Land: ENGLAND
Landesteil (Provinz usw.)
Gebuhrenfrei!
Absender:
Vor- und Zuname: Sgt JRM VALENTINE
Gefangenennummer: 450
Lager-Bezeichnung: M.-Stammlager Luft 3
Deutschland (Germany)
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