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February 20, 2007
Better late than never
It's taken me awhile to get mail, but never this long!
A British soldier's postcard to his sweetheart has finally arrived — 92 years after he sent it from the trenches of World War I.
Pvt. Walter Butler wrote to Amy Hicks in 1915 telling her he was alive and well — but the army issued postcard never made it to her home in Wiltshire, 60 miles west of London. Butler survived the war, and the couple went on to marry.
The postcard turned up in a postal sorting office, which sent it along last week to the post office near Hicks' address. A local postman called the home of the couple's daughter, Joyce Hulbert, to announce the discovery.
entry no. 755
Posted by oz115 at February 20, 2007 04:27 PM