postcard, postcard
Accession Number
NAM.1999-11-107-18
Description
Postcard from 23207 L/Cpl Frank Bentley, 2nd Bn Grenadier Guards, to his brother Cpl Arthur Bentley, Royal Army Medical Corps; written from The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Club, Sloane Square, London, postmarked 1 Jan 1916; Frank tells how they were on the train at Waterloo when ordered to return to Chelsea, but expects to go to France on the day of writing; Frank Bentley was killed in action at Gauche Wood, near Gouzeaucourt, 1 Dec 1917; his name appears on the Cambrai Memorial, Louveral.
Campaigns
World War One, Home Front (1914-1918)
Associated collection
