Postcards from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, 1914-1915 Accession Number: RCDIG0001272

Description

Postcards relating to the First World War service of Major Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, 7th Battalion. In this series of postcards to his family McCrae talks of the troopship voyage through the Red Sea, the scenery of Egypt, and the Turkish raid on the Suez Canal in early 1915. One of the postcards features a picture of McCrae. This file contains:
Postcard from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his mother, Cairo, 7 December 1914 [written on business card of K. P. Brothers];
Postcard from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his sister, [Egypt], postmarked 14 December 1914 [depicts Cairo and pyramids at sunset];
Postcard from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his mother, [Egypt], postmarked 8 February 1915;
Field service postcard from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his mother, [Gallipoli], 14 May 1915;
Field service postcard from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his mother, 17 May 1915;
Field service postcard from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his mother, 12 July 1915;
Postcard from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, [n.d.] [depicts H.M.A.T. "Omrah" mid-Indian Ocean];
Postcard from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, [n.d.] [photographic postcard of himself].

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Accession Number
RCDIG0001272
Classification
Digitised Collection
Object Type
Postcard
Physical Description
Image/s captured: 16
Date Made
1914-1915
Place Made
Collection number
1DRL/0427
Whole/Part
File
Item Count
8
Copying Provisions
Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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