Letters From Home

Soldiers reading and writing home, from World War One to Korea.

© IWM (B 15363)

A British soldier reads a letter in his dugout, Germany, 1945. Source

© IWM (BF 522)

A soldier writes a letter home from Korea, 1951-53. Source

LIFE/© Time Inc.

American soldiers read letters (and make fudge!) during a quiet moment, Italy, 1944. Source

© IWM (D 10966)

A letter from home for an Indian seaman recovering in hospital after a convoy attack, UK, 1942. Source

National Library of Australia

Men in a dugout read letters from home, unknown location, WWI. Source

 © IWM (MH 33021)

A soldier reads a letter in hospital, Korea, c. 1950. Source

© IWM (NA 285)

A tank crew reading letters, Tunisia, 1942. Source

© IWM (BU 3620)

A soldier writes a letter home from his tank turret, NW Europe, 1945. Source

 © IWM (O 53)

Soldiers write letters home from their billet in France, 1939. Source

© IWM (C 242)

Newly arrived Australian airmen read letters from home, UK, WW2. Source

© IWM (D 21456)

A British seaman writes a letter home from in hospital, UK, 1944. Source

© IWM (CI 673)

A member of an RAF anti-aircraft gunner crew reads a letter from home, India, WW2. Source

National Library of Scotland

Soldiers rest and read letters in a captured German dugout, WWI. Source

© IWM (D 6398)

A man of the British Honduras Forestry Unit, UK, 1941. Source

© IWM (MH 31506)

Members of the King's Own Scottish borderes get mail from home, Korea, 1951-52. Source

© IWM (TR 1521)

A British soldier reads a letter in Italy, 1944. Source