Black and white and colored post cards.

These postcards are not well sorted, but some effort has been made to colocate material by geographic location. Most of the cards are blank but some have been used for correspondence to and from the family.

  1. Colour postcard featuring a young woman titled "L'Ardennaise". Colour postcard featuring a young woman titled "La Flamande". Colour postcard featuring a young woman titled "La Wallonne". Black and white postcard titled "17 Bethune vut Panoramique (core Est)" and annotated 'Our hospital', 'Canal' and marked on reverse "A good view of Bethune as it is now in the summer, but as father who knows Europe, will know, is not exactly like it in winter. The Boys School, where we have our headquarters is there, note the canal running due east to La Borcee to the left of here on the horizon will be the counry I knew in winter."

  2. Black and white postcard titled "10 Lillers Place di Pont" a street scene. Black and white postcard titled "La Basser (Nord) Ruins Sc l'Eguse Couion R Poison Guillet 1915". Black and white postcard titled "Eodion SL Berclouy 1915" a street scene with soldiers. Black and white postcard titled "3 Wimereus Le Grand Hotel et les Planches". Annotated "Our house marked with X. Of course it is nothing like that now, all those bathing boxes are moved to behind that by hotel and form with the infectious Hospital. That board pavement is not put down and the people where they are a la quen. There are a few people and kiddies on the beach though now. We go in for bathes strait from our house. Eus"

  3. Colour (border) postcard group photograph of troops titled "RP vise Paris 612 The toilet after the fight". Colour (border) postcard group photograph of Indian troops titled "RP vis Pastisd 619 Indian Troops Passing the King". Colour postcard featuring young women and soldier titled "I, a' richt the noo! Bon, voila mon affaire". Colour postcard featuring French aviator titled "Em Dupris Arras Feveor 1915"

  4. Colour postcard featuring French soldier titled "Em Dupris Fourde Paris Janyier 1915". Colour postcard featuring French soldier titled "Em Dupris La Gruric Feveor 1915. Black and white postcard titled "44 L'Invasion des Barbares Modernes 1914-1915 Lille Rue de Tornai et Place de la Gare". Black and white postcard titled "47 L'Invasion des Barbares Modernes 1914-1915 Lillie L'A'lhambra et le Cate Jean Vue prises du Marche aux Pouless"

  5. Black and white postcard titled "19 L'Invasion des Barbares Moderns 1914 - 1915 Lille fronton du Corps de Garde, sur la Grand Place, traverse par un obus". Black and white postcard titled "42 L'Invasion des Barbares Moderns 1914 - 1915 Lillie Maisons incendiees, rud du Drageon. Black and white postcard titled "1914-15 Chateau de'Vermelles (P-de-C) Tranchees allemandes comminiquant avec le sous-sol du Chateau. 1914-15 de'Vermelles Castle German trenches communicating with the under ground of the Castle". Black and white postcard titled "Guerre 1914-15 Squan L'Eglise Autel war 1914-15 The Church Altar"

  6. Black and white postcard titled "Guerre 1914-15 Entrée de Carency Les premiers retranchments boches. War 1914-15 Carency The first German entrenchments". Black and white postcard titled "Guerre 1914-15 Souain Une tranchee de premiere ligne. War 1914-15 Souain a first line trench". Black and white postcard titled "La Guerre dans le Nord 18 Vermelles Le Chatau et les tranchees du Parc". Annotated "I saw this place just like this, the whole village is mostly 'a la Pompeii without roofs, it will be a great show place". Black and white postcard titled "58 La Guerre Dans le Nord. Les a lorries a (Autos-camions) du ravitaillement anglais dans une ville du Pas-de-Calais"

  7. Black and white postcard titled "La Guerre dans le Nord 41 Ablain-saint-Nazaire. Le squelette de l'Eglis". Black and white postcard titled "La Guerre dans le Nord 147 Givenchy-lez La Bassee le Repas dans la Tranchee. Lunch time in the trenches". Black and white postcard titled "La Guerre dans le Nord 55 Une tranchee allemande au pied de la Chapple de ND de Lorette". Black and white postcard titled "La Guerre dans le Nord 5 Vielle Chapelle interleur de L'Eglis". Annotated "This is a church destroyed by the English and about the only building in the town destroyed, looks bad doesn’t it, but it was shell to clear the Germans out of the by square tower, then it caught fire"

  8. Black and white postcard titled "La Guerre dans le Nord 120 L'Artillerie anglaise traverse une Ville du Pas-de-Calais". Black and white postcard titled "la Guerre 1914-15 Vise Paris 502. Lille (Nord) La Grande Place Siege du government pendant l'Occupation allemande. RP Paris". Black and white postcard titled "La Guerre dans le Nord 139 Ablain-St-Nazaire Vue generale, prise de l'Peron Mathis". Black and white postcard titled "La Guerre dans le Nord 1914-15 Vise Paris. Richebourg (P-de-C) L'Armee des Indes"

CreatorDr Eustace Couper Black
ControlAA 31/6/3 volume 1.
Date Range1966  -  1971
FormatsLoose Notes
Series AA 31/06