The Military Secretary, from
the India Office,
Stipulates the processes of
communication
And requests to all
officers' next of kin,
For anyone known to them,
within
The Indian Expeditionary
Force, for advice
Of any address change since
April ’14.
General postal distribution
to the units,
Of the Indian army, cannot
be given –
But any sent addressed to
the India Office,
Marked 'Indian Expeditionary
Force,'
Will be forwarded,
circumstances allowed.
Instructions state all
parcels or letters sent,
Should give regimental
number, rank, name,
Squadron, battery, company,
battalion,
Regiment (or unit) staff
appointment -
Or department of addressee –
Furthermore,
Care is required in correspondence
for all
Officers, warrant and non-commissioned
Officers and men, if they
are detached,
Elsewhere, including other
departments.
Postage rates for letters
are 1d per ounce,
And 1d for postcards -
letters for registration
Can be accepted, except for
express delivery,
Or insurance - until further
notice is made.
Parcels cannot be sent from
India Office,
To the Expeditionary Forces,
unless prepaid
At parcel full rates for
Egypt. Private telegrams
Cannot be accepted by India
Office to transmit;
Being subjected to a great
deal of delay.
Any communication is
therefore better by post.
Parcel contents need to be
written on cover,
To comply with all
regulations of customs.
With name and address of
sender on letter
And parcels, should they
return - undelivered.
by
Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1914.
Indian Army - Letters to the Troops. The Daily Telegraph,
[online] 15 Sept. p.4. Col.3. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11077896/Daily-Telegraph-September-15-1914.html [Accessed: 15th September 2014].
Mann, J., 2014. 100
years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 15
August 2014).
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