Murdoch Munro Collection (1914-1919)
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No 3 Coy 11 Platoon
4th Seaforths
B E F
19/1/17
Dear Mary,
Thanks for your parcel & letter both received. The contents were alright. I am sending you a card as I have not an envelope to put a letter in and way of getting one. We are back a long way for a rest now & will not be going to the trenches for a few weeks.
Write soon
Love from Dodo
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WW1 Field Service postcard from LC Murdoch Munro BEF, to Nurse Munro, dated 19 January 1917
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POS_19170119
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Munro, Murdoch (1895-1961)
postcard
Murdoch mentions receiving parcel and letter, and is sending postcard as there is no way of getting an envelope to put a letter in.He is back from trenches and resting. Sent when on active service in 3 Company 11 Platoon, 4th Seaforths, British Expeditionary Force. Censor and postmark clear. Sent 25th January 1917.
Written inscription: E. V. Downie Leslie written in lower left corner of front of postcard.
1917-01-19
France (Western Front)
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en-GB
8.52 cm (height) x 13.52 cm (width)
Scottish
graphite pencil on card stock
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https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/120736; http://www.rossandcromartyheritage.org/World-War-1/Surname-D.aspx
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Murdoch Munro Collection