Community Voices - Esau Roberts: Postcards from WW I
By: Gladys (Hancock) Thomas
Esau Roberts, my grandfather, joined the navy and served on the HMS Victory in the First World War. Here are some of the pictures of him in his uniform and some of the old postcards sent by him from England. Some of the postcards are from my grandmother's cousin, Jack James, also an Able Seaman. Both these men were from Forteau. The postcards were sent to my grandmother, Victoria Flynn, from 1914-1916. My grandparents were married November 28, 1921.
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World War 1 Ship
Grandfather Cleaning Fish
Bonne Bay Postcard
Montreal Postcard
Leap Year Postcard
Moving Pictures Postcard
Christmas Card
On Board SS Dominion Postcard
You and I Postcard
Wedding Reply 1921
Greeting Card from WW1 (7)
Greeting Card from WW1 (6)
Greeting Card from WW1 (5)
Greeting Card from WW1 (4)
Greeting card from WW1 (3)
Greeting cards from WW1 (2)
Greeting card from WW1 (1)
Letter on back of Country Cousin card.
Country Cousin Card
Letter on back of All Nice Girls Love a Sailor Card
All Nice Girls Love a Sailor
Letter on the back of the poppy card.
Poppy Card
Grandfather in later years
Grandmother and Grandfather
My Grandfather's Ship
WW I Barracks
Barracks from WWI
Working in the fishing lodge in Forteau.
My Grandfather with his Shipmates.
My Grandfather, Esau Roberts
