Comments on: Flowers of France, found in York

By: YorkStories

YorkStories — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:21:36 +0000

The Castle Museum has some more WW1 postcards, giving the propagandists’ view of war as a rather jolly affair. http://www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk/Page/ViewCollection.aspx?CollectionId=28

Whereas of course it was more as Sassoon describes it. Thanks Drake for including those lines of his, I didn’t know them. I’ve since found the poem. On the grim realities of war, and women who believed the propaganda:

‘Glory of women’ – http://hellopoetry.com/poem/glory-of-women/

By: YorkStories

YorkStories — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:58:39 +0000

Elizabeth - it’s nice to hear that other cards from the time are being carefully kept, and that yours have stayed with the family. What a wonderful thing to have.

By: drake Richards

drake Richards — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:23:59 +0000

Hard to believe that families give such things away.’ You can’t believe that British troops “retire”
When hell’s last horror breaks them, and they run,
Trampling the terrible corpses - blind with blood.’…… Siegfried Sassoon

By: Elizabeth Hardcastle

Elizabeth Hardcastle — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:29:31 +0000

I have an embroidered post card, carefully wrapped in tissue paper, similar to the one on the internet.

I also have a collection of postcards from WW1 sent by my paternal grandfather from Belgium to my grandmother and father.

By: YorkStories

YorkStories — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:11:48 +0000

Thank you Graeme. As we don’t have a last name, and no other information other than what’s shown above, I don’t think research can be taken any further, sadly.

I don’t mind - I’m seeing Tom as standing for all the ‘Tommies’ - as an unknown soldier.

By: Graeme Thomas

Graeme Thomas — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:35:18 +0000

This is such a touching story. The Regimental Museum next door to the Hilton in York may be able to help on tracking this down.