Leslie (26/08/1911 - 22/12/1914)
Poor Leslie in his pushchair. This little boy was the first child of my mother-in-law's parents. Way back before the First World War, he died as a result of falling into a tub of boiling water on washing day. His father was heartbroken and blamed himself for idolising Leslie to such an extent that God punished him by taking the child away. The father went off to war in 1914 with the feeling that he didn't care whether he was killed or not, which may have inspired the bold behaviour which kept him going right through to the Armistice.
This appears to be a mourning picture, where Leslie's photo is mounted on an easel wreathed in evergreens. He even appears to be waving goodbye.
CORRECTION On 20 January 2017 I replaced this flickr posting of a rushed photo of of a photo with a scan of the original postcard. It was not a mourning picture, but a "Compliments of the Season" one. It must have been Christmas 1912.
Leslie (26/08/1911 - 22/12/1914)
Poor Leslie in his pushchair. This little boy was the first child of my mother-in-law's parents. Way back before the First World War, he died as a result of falling into a tub of boiling water on washing day. His father was heartbroken and blamed himself for idolising Leslie to such an extent that God punished him by taking the child away. The father went off to war in 1914 with the feeling that he didn't care whether he was killed or not, which may have inspired the bold behaviour which kept him going right through to the Armistice.
This appears to be a mourning picture, where Leslie's photo is mounted on an easel wreathed in evergreens. He even appears to be waving goodbye.
CORRECTION On 20 January 2017 I replaced this flickr posting of a rushed photo of of a photo with a scan of the original postcard. It was not a mourning picture, but a "Compliments of the Season" one. It must have been Christmas 1912.