{"id":1331,"date":"2011-12-04T07:30:11","date_gmt":"2011-12-04T07:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2025-07-02T12:53:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T11:53:02","slug":"world-war-ii-christmas-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/world-war-ii-christmas-cards","title":{"rendered":"World War II Christmas Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"

My grandpa, William Hellyer Geake<\/a><\/strong>, was called up on 1st January 1941 to participate in WWII and he sent this Christmas Card to his family whilst he was away. I believe it was 1941 as his youngest daughter would have been a baby then, which he mentions in the card. Away at war, he didn’t see his youngest daughter until she was 4 years old.<\/p>\n

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The Front of Grandpa’s WWII Christmas Card<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Inside<\/a>

Inside Grandpa’s Christmas Card (click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My grandpa, William Hellyer Geake, was called up on 1st January 1941 to participate in WWII and he sent this Christmas Card to his family whilst he was away. I believe it was 1941 as his youngest daughter would have … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-1331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ancestors-corner","tag-geake"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t