Postcard 1914 prisoners

[Keziahemm]

Can anyone tell me anything about this postcard?   On the back is "All's well.  France Oct 2nd 1914", the postmark is Reading 20 Oct 1914.

Presumably the date 2nd October refers to the date of the photo?

Susan 

[km1971]

Hi Susan

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Is “All's well. France Oct 2nd 1914” printed on the back, or handwritten? If the latter that will be the message. The Reading stamp could be the receiving stamp, ie when it arrived in Reading. What is the address?

Ken

[Keziahemm]

Hi Ken

The message is hand written:  All's well
                                                       P.S.M.
                                                 France
                                                   Oct 2nd
                                                     1914

and sent to an address in Wollaston, Lydney, Gloucestershire, England.

The card was given to my late father by an elderly gent who was the brother(?) of the recipient.

Susan

[spof]

Hi Susan

What is the name and address of the recipient? We may be able to find out more about the sender from census and military records.

Glen

[Keziahemm]

The card was sent to Mr. Allen Rymer, Woolaston Grange, Woolaston.  I looked very briefly at this family in the census a while ago, didn't carry on as it wasn't mine, but am now intrigued 

Although I said brother(?) earlier, looking again the elderly gent who gave the postcard to my late father was Fred (b 1895) the son of Allan.  So who was P.S.M.?  I'm confident it was a relative of the Rymer family but who is anyones guess 

Presumably P.S.M. was in France 2nd October, the postcard despatched to England (Reading) for posting?

Susan