Deb R Posted 9 November , 2018 Share Posted 9 November , 2018 Hoping for some help regarding a post card sent from my great grandfather Edward (Ted) Clark to his wife my great grandmother Daisy during WW1. From previous help from this forum we’ve established Ted was wounded around the 13/14 th if sept 1917 ... up until now my dads cousin said he was sent to Edinburgh hospital which sounds plausible as he was then sent to a Scottish fire command. Ted was a gunner for the RGA. The same cousin when moving recently to a retirement home came across this post card which belonged to Daisy which she sent me a copy of as she wasn’t quite ready to part with the original. hoping to get some help as I can quite decipher the word before Piney Ridge. And would he have written this from the hospital on the post card? As there’s no date given I don’t know if this is from when he was wounded in Sept 1917 or another time. Yet another mystery. any tips? Regards Deb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_H Posted 9 November , 2018 Share Posted 9 November , 2018 Looks like Y M C A M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 9 November , 2018 Admin Share Posted 9 November , 2018 1 minute ago, Mike_H said: Looks like Y M C A M Agreed Might it be miss-spelled Vimy Ridge? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 9 November , 2018 Share Posted 9 November , 2018 Could be this ditty, apparently published in 1915. Image provided from here. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb R Posted 9 November , 2018 Author Share Posted 9 November , 2018 6 hours ago, Mike_H said: Looks like Y M C A M By Golly I think you are right that would make sense wouldn’t it ... I couldn’t make head or tail of it. I will have a look now at what YMCA did during WW1 thank you. Deb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb R Posted 9 November , 2018 Author Share Posted 9 November , 2018 4 hours ago, Phil Evans said: Could be this ditty, apparently published in 1915. Image provided from here. Phil And yes I think it must be this song ... That too would make sense if it was a song of that time and made the men think of home. thank you Deb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb R Posted 9 November , 2018 Author Share Posted 9 November , 2018 6 hours ago, DavidOwen said: Agreed Might it be miss-spelled Vimy Ridge? David Thanks David someone else suggested that too which could have been a possibility if they weren’t allowed to say where they had been and it’s possible he may have been there with one of the RGA battalions. I wish it was dated then I would know if this was after he was wounded in Sept 1917 or if this was a seperate time? But the postcard seems to be from a hospital in the UK? Blessings Deb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsmith Posted 10 November , 2018 Share Posted 10 November , 2018 You can listen to the original recording at the Library Of Congress Jukebox here http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/4000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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