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Remembering the Leeds Pals Battalions
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Christmas postcard from 1916 showing two soldiers in the foreground with packs and guns with bayonets fitted. The sun is rising above the horizon and in its rays is the word 'Victory' with a Yorkshire rose drawn above. Add to board
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WW1 Christmas postcard

Christmas postcard, inscribed on the back with ‘Hearty Greetings 1916 with a rousing good cheer and BEST WISHES for CHRISTMAS from 49th (West Riding) DIVISION'. The card is signed from Ernest to Amelia and was sent to Miss Amelia (Millie) Cook of 8 Leathley Terrace, Church Street, Hunslet by a member of the Leeds Pals, Harold E. Sykes, in 1916

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