Thanks, Anne. Yes, they may be pre-printed field postcards (don't know if they existed in June 1915; they certainly did by the autumn) or even just ordinary postcards. He talks of sending them to a number of different people including non-relatives, and, as you see from the quote below, to his sweetheart as often as possible. I suspect they were just cards with little more than his name on them, written and posted quickly when he did not have time to write a letter, and aimed at reassuring those at home that he was still alive. I imagine it was a phrase in use among the Tommies at that time. Thanks for the link to the War Time Memories site. Will see if they come up with anything. Lawrence > From: alc_goytre@hotmail.com > To: eng-surrey@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:32:16 +0000 > Subject: Re: [SRY] panic postcards > > > Hi Lawrence, Perhaps they were the preprinted postcards that were used later on in the war? - see http://www.zenker.se/History/July_1/july_1.shtml about 3/4 of the way down. Or 'field postcards'? http://rufusrambles.hubpages.com/hub/World-War-1-Field-Service-Postcards-from-the-front You could try contacting this site http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/ hth, Anne > ---------------------------------------- > > From: lawrencepearse@msn.com > > To: eng-surrey@rootsweb.com > > Date: Tue, 9 Jan 013 6::5::1 +000< > > Subject: [SRY] panic postcards > > > > > > "Can anyone tell me what panic postcards were? I am transcribing my grandfather's letters home from France in WW,, and he twice uses the phrase. On one occasion he writes to his sweetheart "I'll send panic postcards as often as possible", so I assume he wasn't wanting to panic her. I have found nothing on line yet to explain it. > > Lawrence Pearse > > .