WW1 Field Regulation postcard from George D. Roche to Nancy and Eily McCarthy, 17 September 1916

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WW1 Field Regulation postcard from George D. Roche to Nancy and Eily McCarthy, 17 September 1916

1 NOTHING is to be written on this side except the
date and signature of the sender. Sentences not
required may be erased. If anything else is added
the post card will be destroyed. I am quite well.
I have been admitted into hospital.
[sick] and am going on well.
[wounded] and hope to be discharged soon. I am being sent down to the base.
I have received your [letter dated 10/9/16
[telegram
[parcel Letter follows at first opportunity. I have received no letter from you
[lately.
[for a long time. Signature]
only.]
George D Roche
Date 10/9/16 [Postage must be prepaid on any letter or post card
addressed to the sender of this card.] (92688) Wt. W3497-293 2,000m. 1/16 J.J. K. & Co., Ltd. 2 A.F.A. 2042
114,Gen.No./5248 17th Sept. 1916. The address
only to be writ-
ten on this side.
If anything else
is added, the
post card will
be destroyed. FIELD SERVICE
POST CARD
Missis Nancy &Lily McCarthy
Brigidine Convent
Mountrath
Ireland.

Pre-printed postcard addressed to Nancy McCarthy at school from her uncle George D. Roche acknowledging receipt of her letter. 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.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__3392.html)