| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | RCDIG0000522 |
| Collection number | 3DRL/3376 16/1 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 13 |
| Object type | Souvenir |
| Physical description | 27 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Various |
| Date made | 1915-1939 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Christmas cards and postcards
Birdwood, Lord William Riddell (Field Marshal, b.1865 - d.1951)
- Series 16: Ephemera, 1915-1930
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Description
This file includes 13 Christmas cards and postcards received or sent by the Birdwood family between 1915 and 1939. Christmas cards from other army personnel as well as unit cards are included in the file as well as copies of the greeting card that was distributed by Birdwood in 1915. The following items are featured in this file:
General Sir William R Birdwood's message to the 'Anzacs', Christmas 1915 [annotated by Lady Birdwood]
General Sir William R Birdwood's message to the 'Anzacs', Christmas 1915 [duplicate – not scanned]
General Sir William R Birdwood's message to the 'Anzacs', Christmas 1915 [duplicate – not scanned]
Cover of Christmas card showing a bugler in front of the Ypres Cloth Hall, 1916
Christmas card, 1918 [featuring Christmas message from W M Hughes]
The 24th Battalion Christmas Card, 1918 [features a hand-written message to Birdwood]
Field service postcard from "Digger" to Birdwood, 29 October 1918
Postcard showing General Sir W R Birdwood 'Commander-in Chief New Zealand Forces in Great War, 1914-18', n.d
Interior of a bon voyage card, 14 November 1919
Christmas card with ANZAC badge, n.d [featuring 23 autographs]
Christmas card showing photograph and signature of Reginald Wingate, n.d.
Postcard titled 'A Gallipoli Souvenir', n.d [features the poem 'Bravo Anzacs!' by Willmer]
Army form HQ 4.7, Postcard from Major T C Milne to Lord Birdwood, 1939