Postcard sent home from training by Joseph Bullock

Item

Title

Postcard sent home from training by Joseph Bullock

Identifier

9387.cpd

Creator

Abstract

My grandfather Joseph Bullock, who was a Private in the Devonshire Regiment and Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. He served in Mesopotamia and India. I have some Christmas cards that he sent to my mother and some English postcards sent while training.

Editor's Comment:
Postcard of a painting of a girl asleep with soldier doll, captioned: 'Dreaming of Her Soldier Boy!'

Pte. 3744 (later 202513) Joseph W. G. Bullock, 2/5th Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, later served with the Devonshire Regiment (service no. 78526).

Date

29th August 1916

Date Created

1916-08-29

Source

Postcard

Medium

Card

Type

Postcard

number of pages

2

Contributor

Richard Marshall
Peggy Martin

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford