Two postcards from Wally Layne

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Title

Two postcards from Wally Layne

Description

Top - to his wife saying he was writing by flickering lamp. Writes that things are moving quickly and everyone expects to be home by Christmas but he couldn't imagine the war ending.

Middle - front of postcard with address to Mr and Mrs Forth.

Bottom - front of postcard addressed to his wife.

Creator

Date

1944-09-16

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Language

Format

Two handwritten prisoner of war postcards

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Contributor

Identifier

ELayneWHLayneAJ440916

Transcription

Kriegsgefangenenlager
Datum: Sept 16/44
My dearest one, I hope you are well, I am keeping very fit, I am writing this by a flickering lamp so excuse bad writing. Things are moving very quickly these days, all the fellows here expect to be home by Christmas but I can’t imagine the [deleted] bling [/deleted] blinking war ever ending. The nights are drawing in, sorry to see Winter. All my love W.
[page break]
Kriegsgefangenenpost
[postmark GEPRUFT 100]
Postkarte
LUFTPOST
An
Gebührenfriel
Absender:
Vor- und Zuname:
P/O LAYNE
Gefangenennummer: 605
Kriegsgefangenenlager der Luftwaffe Nr. 3
Lager-Bezeichnung:
Deutschland (Allemagne)
[postmark PASSED P.W.2368]
MR & MRS FORTH
BARROWBY HIGH RD
Empfangsort: GRANTHAM
Straße: LINCOLNSHIRE
Land: ENGLAND
Landesteil (Provinz usw.)
[page break]
Kriegsgefangenenpost
[postmark STALAG 10 GEPRUFT]
Postkarte
An
Gebührenfriel
Absender:
Vor- und Zuname:
R COLBECK
Gefangenennummer: 6084
Lager-Bezeichnung:
M.-Stammlager 357
B1/6
Deutschland (Allemagne)
[postmark 29.9.44.-12]
MRS W.H. LAYNE
97 HARLAXTON RD
Empfangsort: GRANTHAM.
Straße: LINCOLNSHIRE
Land: ENGLAND.
Landesteil (Provinz usw.)

Collection

Citation

W H Layne, “Two postcards from Wally Layne,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/30804.

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