When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
ORIGINAL!RARE! WW1 GREAT BRITAIN - ONE OF THE FINAL BRITISH CASUALTIES LETTER w/ ENV 1918
RARE! WW1 GREAT BRITAIN - ONE OF THE FINAL BRITISH CASUALTIES WITH ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LETTER WITH IT'S MAILING ENV.
7 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER WITH ORIGINAL POSTAL COVER FROM A FREIND IN AMERICA ; ATHENE L. FOSTER FROM EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO (USA) TO BRITISH ARMYSOLDIER MR. JACK STOREY (Service No. 1158)OF THE 1ST KING EDWARD'S HORSE "A" SQUADRON3RD TROOP A.E.F. IN ITALY WITH INTERESTING CONTENT.
AFTER THE LETTER REACHED THE ITALIAN FRONT (WITH ITALIAN BACK CANCEL STAMP) THE LETTER WAS OPENED AND RESEALED BY GREAT BRITAIN'S POST OFFICE OFFICIALS WITH THEIR SEAL AT THE TOP EDGE. IT WAS THEN REDIRECTED WITH OFFICIAL HIGHLIGHTED NOTATIONS FROM FOSTER'S ORIGINAL LOCATION IN THE WAR (ON THE ITALIAN FRONT) BACK TO;ATHENE L. FOSTER EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO (USA) WITH THE OFFICIAL HIGHLIGHTED NOTATIONS OF HIS DEMISE:
Deceased
Wounded + Missing
Bel'd Killed 9/4/24 (Believed Killed September 4,1918, only79 Days before the Armistice was signed ending the Great War)
RECORDED D.O.D.APRIL 9, 1918
BURIED AT:VIEILLE-CHAPELLE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, LACOUTURE, FRANCE
GRAVE No. : IV. D. 14.
On the outbreak of war in 1914, the 1st King Edward's Horse regiment was mobilised at the Duke of York's Headquarters in Chelsea, London, and remained in London until April 1915. At this point, the regiment was dispersed, and the four squadrons were sent to the Western Front with separate divisions. They were reunited in June 1916, the regiment serving as corps troops, and moved to Italy in December 1917. The regiment returned to France in March 1918, serving until the end of hostilities. Some reports suggest that the final British casualty of the war was a private in C squadron.
ENVELOPE FLAT DIMENSIONS: 4 1/2" x 5 1/2"
LETTER'SDIMENSIONS: 5 1/4" x 8 1/2"
POSTALLY USED.
EXTREMELY FINE THROUGHOUT WITH SOME LIGHT HANDLING FROM ITS 106 + YEARS.
(please see pictures)
PLEASE SEE MY 100% POSITIVE response AND BUY WITH CONFIDENCE.
