Good Luck Card (flags of the allies)

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

23264

Title

Good Luck Card (flags of the allies)

Description

Back view of Good Luck postcard. The front of the card has the words 'Good Luck' in yellow coloured thread. There is thin translucent voile with flags of the allies and purple flowers. The voile can be lifted up and underneath is an embossed piece of paper with the words 'To G, You' the rest of the paper is missing, but it would have originally been shaped like a heart.
On the back of the postcard is written 'From John somewhere in France'.
The postcard is addressed to 'Miss J Walker, c/o W. Walker'. The rest of the address has faded as it was written in pencil.

Date

1916

Type

Card; Paper; Textile

Location

Museum of Edinburgh

Accession number

HH3697/7/72

This postcard is sent from Sgt. John Walker to his sister, Miss J. Walker still living with their father William, in Leith.

It is part of a collection of items relating to an Edinburgh-based man, Sergeant John Walker. In civilian life, Walker was originally from Haddington, but lived in Leith, and worked as a butcher. He and three brothers joined the army. Walker eventually joined the Seaforth Highlanders, where he was awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal. He was killed by a shell in the area around Vimy and Thelus on 15th April 1917. The collection includes several photographs with holes made by the shrapnel which killed him. A set of photograph postcards of Walker's grave and other memorials, some of which include a man in military uniform, may have been taken by Walker's brothers touring the area immediately after the Armistice.

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