cover of the day 7 July east africa ww1

[Ross Debenham]

I have attached two scans of an "On Active Service" cover from an Army sister in East Africa in WW1 and post marked Indian Field Post Office 24, dated 6 February, 1916. She appears to have tried to self censor the cover, but the envelope has been countersigned by a Captain. Interesting item from a nursing sister in this theatre of war in WW1. Haven't got a clue where the hospital was.

[Chris Grimshaw]

Hi Ross

Proud lists IFPO 24 as a Stationary Office in Nairobi, Kenya. Jan 15 to Jan 17

Chris

[Alan Baker]

The censoring officer is Captain Charles Thiselton Dyer Urquhart, MD, on FWR shows only Overseas Forces, South Africa

On Ancestry, it gives him serving as a civilian surgeon in the Boer War and in 1905 he was in Bloemfontein, 1910, Transvaal. No WWI record given though

There are about a dozen nursing sisters on FWR named Richardson

[Peter Harvey]

To confuse you (and us all) even more in the 1915 - 16 Role of Service it lists Captain Charles Thiselton Dyer Urquhart, MD - FORCES OF H.M. DOMINIONS BEYOND THE SEAS. Canadian Forces.

[Ross Debenham]

Thanks gents