Field service postcard sent by Corporal Albert Dudley Hitchcox to his sister Bertha Hitchcox while he was on active duty during the First World War.
This is an example of a form-style postcard with pre-printed sentences, known informally by the soldiers as a ‘whiz bang’ after the German shells that seemed to arrive with no warning. They provided an easy way for soldiers to keep in touch with loved ones. Writers scratched out phrases that were not applicable and were warned that any additional information would result in the card’s destruction by military censors.
