A postcard from almost a century ago.

Barely a month after Remembrance Day and the following scan of a postcard arrived in my email. It is from my granduncle John (Jack) Welding to his sweetheart Ellen Overend and was sent while John was serving with the West Lancs Royal Field Artillery during the first World war. John's grandson told me :

"Joan Welding's daughter Barbara (nee Cook) was visiting my father, Thomas Welding recently and along with her she brought a photo that I can remember. How she came to have it I'm unsure as I think it was part of the large pack of missing photos. It may be they were not lost on the Aberdeen visit but given to Barbara for her to show her children. I'll find out some time in the future.

The photo is actually a post card the troops in WW1 could send home. Its John (Jack) Welding in uniform with Nellie picture inlaid into the photo. (How they did it in those days I don't know). On the revers side is a message from John to his Ellen, my grandmother"

Here it is, I am so proud of our family and their wartime service.