First World War greetings card

First World War greetings card

Photograph taken 1914-1918 © Reproduced by permission of Oxfordshire County Council ref: dscn0082

This greetings card was published by Henry Taunt. He also wrote the verse, and left a blank for a photograph no doubt to be taken by him.

Location

Period

World War One (1914 - 1919)

Themes

Thousands of soldiers were stationed in training camps near to the village of Fovant, Wiltshire during the 1914-1918 war. In memory of those who died on the battlefields, many regiments created replica cap badges on the adjacent chalk downs by turf cutting and infilling with chalk. Although many badges have not survived, several were recently restored and are now Scheduled Ancient Monuments.

World War One

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