BBC News magazine 31 January 2014 World War One: How did 12 million letters a week reach soldiers? During World War One up to 12 million letters a week were delivered to soldiers, many on the front line. The wartime post was a remarkable operation, writes ex-postman and former Home Secretary Alan Johnson. When a soldier on the Western Front wrote to a London newspaper in 1915 saying he was lonely and would appreciate receiving some mail the response was immediate. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25934407
I've still got the last field-postcard sent home by my Great-Uncle, 6 days before he was killed. I remember reading an article a few years ago about the mail to & from the Western Front a few years ago. Quite staggering the volumes involved.
Hi, A truly amazing achievment. One of the 3 "King Pins" of Leadership is Morale. The 3 are "Morale, Human Relations and Welfare". Regards, Mick D.
I would seem they were mimeographed in some way this must have helped reduce the bulk From my Fathers notes Western Desert 1942 Of course our letters were censored, you wrote on one side of the paper and having passed the censor it was photographed reduced in size and sent on. Sorry missed the point a bit this refers to letters from troops to home
Redtop You didn't miss the point as it worked both ways…..when Churchill returned To Egypt after his Moscow visit - Monty pointed out that mail from home was taking yonks to get to his men and was a major factor in the low morale of 8th Army….Back in the Uk..Churchill thumped the table..and magically mail was arriving inside days from the UK in the air graph manner…..then 8th Army started to win the war... Cheers
good day 4-jonboy.yesterday.11:32 am.re:ww1 how did 12 million leters a week reach soldiers.somebody was a great organiser.they (gpo) should look at how they did it.it could only inprove the service today.thank you for posting,regards bernard85 :smash:
