Description | Seven handwritten postcards written in pencil sent by Captain William Henry Williams to the Bureau de Secours aux Prisoniers de Guerre, Section Anglaise, Berne, Switzerland, from Ruhleben Prisoner of War Camp near Spandau, Berlin, Germany. Postcards mostly acknowledge receipt of bread parcels. On a postcard dated 18 September 1915 Cpt. Williams asks for assistance to be sent to a civilian internee, Charles Boden, aged 54 and a former jockey. Also explanatory note re the postcards and prison containing transcript of postcard asking for assistance for Charles Boden. |