Postcard from George D. Roche to Nancy McCarthy, 28 October 1916 Letters 1916-1923 George D. Roche

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This postcard opens in French joking about his limitations in that language as he now lives with Flemish speakers. “And as Tommy says my language at present is “No bon””. Nancy McCarthy was a well-practised letter-writer, and her collection of correspondence spans eighty years. This postcard is one of seven included in the Letters of 1916 collection written to Nancy by her uncle, George D. Roche, on active service with the 7th London regiment during World War I.

 UCC Library Special Collections and Archives The Nancy McCarthy Collection, BL/PP/NMC/611 https://letters1916.ie/item/3390 French George D. Roche 1916-10-28 Nancy McCarthy The Convent, Mountrath, Queen's County, Ireland Male World War I (1914-1918) World War I (1914-1918)

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 CARTE POSTALE Ma Chere Cervelle du Lievrette C'est ne pas possible pour moi a vous ecrive dans la Francaise. Pourquoi? Je reste avec les braves Belges maintenant et Je parle la Flamische tous les jours. "Compree!" And as Tommy says my language at present is "No bon." But I to succeed hope— Banzai! Mais oui, Je ne lepeuse pas! Hope the play went off successfully. Love & all the best Uncle George G.D. Roche Miss Nancy McCarthy The Convent Mountrath Ireland —La Cathédrale Saint-Martin avant et après le Bombardement. The Cathedral Saint-Martin's before the Bombardment and after. Visé Paris N° 31214—59 The Convent, Mountrath, Queen's County, Ireland Postcard from George D. Roche to Nancy McCarthy, 28 October 1916Postcard from George D. Roche to Nancy McCarthy, 23 October 1916Postcard from George D. Roche to Nancy McCarthy, 2 September 1916Postcard from George D. Roche to Nancy McCarthy, 24 April 1916Postcard from George D. Roche to Nancy McCarthy, 8 March 1916 Postcard from George D. Roche to Nancy McCarthy, 28 February 1916 George D. Roche Postcard from George D. Roche to Nancy McCarthy, 28 October 1916Postcard from George D. Roche to Nancy McCarthy, 23 October 1916WW1 Field Regulation postcard from George D. Roche to Nancy and Eily McCarthy, 17 September 1916Postcard from George D. Roche to Nancy McCarthy, 2 September 1916Postcard from George D. Roche to Nancy McCarthy, 24 April 1916Postcard from George D. Roche to Nancy McCarthy, 8 March 1916 Postcard from George D. Roche to Nancy McCarthy, 28 February 1916