"Can anyone tell me what panic postcards were? I am transcribing my grandfather's letters home from France in WW1, 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

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 > . > *************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Eng-Surrey-admin@rootsweb.com > . > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SURREY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message