Postcards relating to Frederick Ewart Ryder and his family, 1918-1924

Postcards relating to the First World War service of 942 Air Mechanic 2nd Class (2AM) Frederick Ewart Ryder, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps. This collection consists of 108 postcards sent by 2AM Frederick Ewart Ryder to his wife and children from 8 January 1918 to 21 June 1924. Ryder’s postcards provide few details of the war's progress on the Western Front and the conditions of camp life in England and France. 2AM Ryder also expresses his frustration at being separated from his family and is anxious to reassure them of his health and safety. A small number of postcards from Ryder’s wife, Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, and their two daughters, Dorothy and Beryl, contain birthday, Christmas and anniversary messages. Blank postcards of various places in England, France and Ceylon are also included in this collection.

This file contains:
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 8 January 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 8 January 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 16 January 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 23 January 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 23 January 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Beryl Ryder, France, 23 January 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 31 January 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 31 January 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Beryl Ryder, France, 31 January 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 5 February 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 12 February 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 12 February 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 20 February 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 27 February 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, 2 March 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 6 March 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Beryl Ryder, France, 10 March 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 12 March 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 12 March 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Beryl Ryder, 12 March 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 14 March 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 21 March 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Beryl Ryder, France, 21 March 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to his wife and children, France, 3 April 1918;
Postcard from Florence Laurel Jane Ryder to Frederick Ewart Ryder, 4 April 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 14 April 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 14 April 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Beryl Ryder, France, 14 April 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 14 April 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder and Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 18 April 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Beryl Ryder, France 23 April 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 23 April 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 23 April 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, 3 May 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Beryl Ryder, France, 17 May 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 19 May 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Beryl Ryder, France, 19 May 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 19 May 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 24 May 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 24 May 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 29 May 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Beryl Ryder, France, 29 May 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 31 May 2018;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 5 June 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Beryl Ryder, France, 5 June 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 5 June 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Beryl Ryder, France, 12 June 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 12 June 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 12 June 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, 19 June 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, 19 June 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 20 June 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 24 June 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 24 June 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Beryl Ryder, France, 24 June 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder and Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 26 June 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 26 June 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 29 June 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 3 July 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Beryl Ryder, France, 10 July 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 24 July 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 24 July 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Beryl Ryder, France, 31 July 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 31 July 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 31 July 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 7 August 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 13 August 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 16 August 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 16 August 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 11 September 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Beryl Ryder, France, 25 September 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 25 September 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 9 October 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Beryl Ryder, France, 9 October 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Beryl Ryder, France, 6 November 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, France, 6 November 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, 6 November 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, England, 22 November 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Beryl Ryder, England, 22 November 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, Essex, 22 November 1918;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, Weymouth, 5 December 1918;
Postcard from Dorothy Ryder to Frederick Ewart Ryder, c. 1918;
Postcard from Gertie to Alice, 21 June 1924;
Postcard from Florence Laurel Jane Ryder to Frederick Ewart Ryder, date unknown;
Postcard from Dorothy Ryder to Frederick Ewart Ryder, date unknown;
Postcard from Florence Laurel Jane Ryder to Frederick Ewart Ryder, date unknown;
Postcard from Jean to Frederick Ewart Ryder, date unknown;
Postcard from Annie Priscilla Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, date unknown;
Postcard from Annie Priscilla Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, date unknown;
Postcard from Florence Laurel Jane Ryder to person unknown, date unknown;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, France, date unknown;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Florence Laurel Jane Ryder, date unknown;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Beryl Ryder, date unknown;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Beryl Ryder, date unknown;
Postcard from Frederick Ewart Ryder to Dorothy Ryder, date unknown;
Postcard from Edith to Jack, date unknown;
Blank postcard of the Marble Arch, London;
Blank postcard of the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange, London;
Blank postcard of the British Museum, London;
Blank postcard of St Paul's Cathedral, London;
Blank postcard of Colombo Eye Hospital, Ceylon;
Blank postcard of a corner of Kandy Lake in Colombo, Ceylon;
Blank postcard of the entrance to Peradeniya Gardens, Kandy, Ceylon;
Blank postcard of the Casino, Port Said;
Blank postcard of the general view of the main street, Port Said;
Blank postcard of a panoramic view, Port Said;
Blank postcard of a view of the canal, Port Said;
Blank postcard cut-out of a little girl wearing a pink dress.