Mail in the family history

As a result of clearing out a family home after deaths, my sister and I 'inherited' postcards from 1917 which our grandfather had sent from France to his wife in London. We donated these to The Postal Museum in London and subsequently they featured some of the postcards in this lovely blog post:

Frank Musgrave Postcards - The Postal Museum

This is one of several photos - I think taken by my grandfather - of his colleagues and their mail trucks. He served in France from 1915 till 1919 as a pioneer in the Royal Engineers Postal Section (REPS). A pioneer is a soldier who performs engineering tasks, and the REPS were responsible for providing postal services to troops in the First World War.

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Comment by Melanie Cook on September 24, 2024 at 7:37am: What a treasure! Thank you for sharing this. My daddy was in the mail business.

Comment by William M on September 6, 2024 at 12:07pm: how cool!

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