Pte BERTIE HIBBETT. Convalescent Camp Rouen: POSTCARD of Rouen Cathedral to IDA NEAL HIBBETT, Foden Road, Walsall, Staffs. England (1).
11th October 1915 O.H.M.S.
If you keep this card & I see it again I shall always remember the prominent flags of the Allies over the altar in this Cathedral. I was expecting a letter from you this morning & three times my name was called but they were from Auntie Molly*(2) & a parcel of choc from Miss Foster*. Never mind.
I am in the pink but you would not think me handsome to come Home at present, I am blotchy with spots. Face cream is out of the question.
Bertie.
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(1) This Postcard (& the one sent to Basil the same day) is carefully written in ink to mark the last posts Bertie would send from Rouen. Both are censored/dated 13th Oct. renewal of Battle of Loos/ Hohenzolllern Redoubt. (2) Auntie Molly. Not yet traced.
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