Carnarvon - Territorial Camp at Coed Helen Prior to 1914

            The Postcard

A postcard that was published by H. J. Francis of Carnarvon & Llanberis. The card was posted in Carnarvon using a ½d. stamp on Thursday the 13th. August 1914, nine days after Great Britain had declared war on Germany. It was sent to:

Private R. A, Green,
No. 957,
No. 1 Sentry,
Section 34,
3rd. Battalion,
Royal Fusiliers,
Winchfield Station,
L. S. W. R.,
Hants.

The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:

"Dear Reg,
Thank you so much for
your P.C.
Don't you feel lonely down
there?
I am having a lovely time
here, I wish you were down
here.
Winnie and I had the day off
yesterday. We went by motor 
to see a most lovely waterfall.
There are some very pretty
places here by the way.
Shall I write you a letter to
cheer you up?
I suppose I will see you when
I return if you have not gone
to the War.
You can give Alf my love when
you write to him.
With all good wishes,
Yours,
Sis."

If anyone out there can find out what happened to Private Green during the Great War, please leave a note.

The Sinking of SMS Baron Gautsch

So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?

Well, on the 13th. August 1914, the Austro-Hungarian troopship SMS Baron Gautsch struck a mine laid by their own navy in the Adriatic Sea, killing 147 men. 

Another 150 survivors were rescued by nearby destroyers.

The Royal Flying Corps

Also on that day, twelve Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 observation aircraft from No. 2 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, flying from Dover, became the first British aircraft to arrive in France for the Great War.

The BEF

Also on the 13th. August 1914, the Army Printing and Stationery Service was established in order to handle all the official publications of the British Expeditionary Force.

Albert Spaulding

The day also marked the birth in Chouteau County, Montana of the American anthropologist Albert Spaulding.

Albert was noted for promoting statistics as part of anthropological and archaeological studies. He died in 1990.
   

Taken on: May 8, 2023

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