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What is the soldier asking the angel for before she can proceed to the trenches?
Card courtesy of Des Quinn
Click here to see inside of the card
Which corps has produced this card?
Why do you think that different regiments produced their own cards?
Card courtesy of Des Quinn
Look at the images around the inside of this card.
Who and what are the soldiers thinking about and missing as they drink a toast?Card courtesy of Des
Quinn
When was this Christmas Card produced and what
does it show?
When did it actually arrive at its destination?
Who do you think produced it and what helped you to
make up your mind?
Card courtesy of Des Quinn
What makes this such an effective Christmas Card from
the trenches?
Think about what conditions were really like in many trenches and who may have received this
card.
Card courtesy of Des Quinn
This Christmas Card records the countries and areas where
the 4th Division had been in battle.
What does this tell you about the feeling of pride within each
Division?
Using an atlas/map can you find out where each area is and
in which country?
Card courtesy of Des Quinn
What is this soldier of the 38th Division thinking of at
Christmas?
This postcard was produced in 1917
Translate the Welsh on this Christmas Card.
Card courtesy of Des Quinn
The scheme to make gift boxes for soldiers was launched in October 1914 with the purpose of getting a gift tin to everyone ‘wearing the King’s uniform on Christmas Day’. The box was made of brass and embossed with Princess Mary’s head and initials.
The tin for smokers contained a pipe, tobacco, twenty cigarettes, a small photograph of the Princess and a Christmas card. Non-smokers received a tin that included a pencil made into the shape of a bullet (see the next slide).
Princess Mary’s Gift Box, Christmas 1914
Why do you think that Princess Mary had
Christmas gift boxes made for British soldiers in 1914?
The Princess Mary Box seen here
contained a message from Longleat.
“The Marchioness of Bath has been requested by Colonel Hooke of the 7th
Wilts. Regiment to forward to
Rte. A.R. Coombes
The enclosed gift from H.R.H. Princess Mary.”
Look at the date that this letter,
and subsequently the Princess Mary Box,
was sent on the next slide.
Image courtesy of Des Quinn