Impression sketch
of soldier receiving his post, 1915 - by Jamie.
From Bristol was
relayed
Information from
Mr Hobhouse,
Postmaster-General,
who stated
How postal
deliveries to the front
Were presently
being limited.
Then there was
the subject
Of one soldier in
the trenches,
Having no one to
write with,
Had advertised in
a paper
To exchange
correspondence.
Within three days
an arrival
In the trench,
before this
Soldier, was to
include letters
Numbering 3,000,
parcels -
Carried in six
bags, along
With ninety large
parcels.
No doubt this
soldier's day was made.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1915. The
Soldiers Postbag. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 30 Mar. P.2. Col.3. Available at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11499956/Daily-Telegraph-March-30-1915.html
[Accessed: 30 March 2015].
Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 30 March 2015).
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