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Letter from George Buchanan to his sister. © National Museums Scotland
Letter sent by Buchanan to his sister on 11 September 1915, 14 days before the Battle of Loos would begin. It concerns his health and cold weather on the front. With telephone and radio communication still in their infancy, letters and postcards were the main means of communication between individuals on active service and their families at home in Scotland. The delivery of letters and parcels fro…
Contributors
- Jo Sohn-Rethel
Creator
- George Buchanan
Subject
- World War I
- Home Front
- Trench Life
- Women
- World War I
Type of item
- Letter
- Letter
Date
- 1915-09-11
- 1915-09-11
- 1915-09-11
Contributors
- Jo Sohn-Rethel
Creator
- George Buchanan
Subject
- World War I
- Home Front
- Trench Life
- Women
- World War I
Type of item
- Letter
- Letter
Date
- 1915-09-11
- 1915-09-11
- 1915-09-11
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2015-09-22 09:39:17 UTC
- 2015-09-22
- 2015-09-22
Temporal
- europeana19141918:timespan/b3063f630118166d701e4bea17402bba
Places
- Western Front
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 228548
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/20084/attachments/228548
Extent
- 1
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:11:45.305Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z
Table of contents
- Letter sent by Buchanan to his sister on 11 September 1915, 14 days before the Battle of Loos would begin. It concerns his health and cold weather on the front. With telephone and radio communication still in their infancy, letters and postcards were the main means of communication between individuals on active service and their families at home in Scotland. The delivery of letters and parcels from home was irregular. Telegrams were quicker but more expensive, and rarely available to those at the Front. Letters home were censored for sensitive information, and much communication between individuals and families was intended to comfort and reassure. This was to be Buchanan's last letter home.