Postcard sent by Tom Williams from Bellacourt on the Western Front
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Thomas Williams, born in Penmachno in 1886, was working as a tailor in Colwyn Bay when the First World War broke out. Tom enlisted in the Liverpool Scottish Regiment on 21 November 1915 and left for France on 9 April 1916. This postcard was sent to Tom's sister, Kate, on 29 July 1916, from Bellacourt, near Arras. The message reads 'Just a card for your collection, going on alright. Letter to follow shortly. Put Y Co on the letters please. Yours Tom Wms'. Tom was later wounded and captured by the Germans. He returned to Wales, and died in 1945.
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