| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | RCDIG0001272 |
| Collection number | 1DRL/0427 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 8 |
| Object type | Postcard |
| Physical description | 16 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
McCrae, Geoffrey Gordon |
| Place made | At sea, Egypt, Egypt: Cairo, Egypt: North Egypt, Mena |
| Date made | 1914-1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Postcards from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his family, 1914-1915
McCrae, Geoffrey Gordon (Major, b.1890 - d.1916)
- Series 3: Postcards and photographs from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, 1914-1915
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Description
Postcards relating to the First World War service of Major Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, 7th Battalion. In this series of postcards to his family McCrae talks of the troopship voyage through the Red Sea, the scenery of Egypt, and the Turkish raid on the Suez Canal in early 1915. One of the postcards features a picture of McCrae. This file contains:
Postcard from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his mother, Cairo, 7 December 1914 [written on business card of K. P. Brothers];
Postcard from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his sister, [Egypt], postmarked 14 December 1914 [depicts Cairo and pyramids at sunset];
Postcard from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his mother, [Egypt], postmarked 8 February 1915;
Field service postcard from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his mother, [Gallipoli], 14 May 1915;
Field service postcard from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his mother, 17 May 1915;
Field service postcard from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae to his mother, 12 July 1915;
Postcard from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, [n.d.] [depicts H.M.A.T. "Omrah" mid-Indian Ocean];
Postcard from Geoffrey Gordon McCrae, [n.d.] [photographic postcard of himself].