This postcard is entitled Kitchener’s Boys on the Great Lines, Chatham. The Great Line is situated between Gillingham and Chatham and is owned by the MOD. It was used as a training ground during the First World War. This card was sent 3rd November 1914.

329CHA - Kitcheners Boys (Front & Back)

The transcribed text reads:

‘Dear Liz. Just a card to let you see what our place is like but this is not half as many as there have been.’

‘Miss Baker, 68 Peel Street, Maidstone, Kent’

Courtesy of D Price

 

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