postcard, postcard
Accession Number

NAM.2001-10-68-4

Description

Postcard with on the front, a drawing of a soldier of The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) standing on a map of Kent, accompanied by a printed caption: ‘Kent, The Doorway of England. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the County of Kent than dwell in the Tents of the Huns’, 1914 (c). The reverse is blank. From 17 documents relating to L/8784 Pte Frank George Johns who served with the 1st Bn, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 16th Infantry Brigade, from 1907 and was killed on 20 Oct 1914 during World War One. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.

Campaigns

World War One (1914-1918)

Associated collection