After 94 years this postcard from a soldier in WWI has finally arrived at its intended destination. well close it was delivered to the wrong address. Nell the sister that it was intended for is also not there, but Lauren Bleach and her partner Jill Liversidge were. After seeing the 94 year old postcard they looked up and found Brian Buxton, a living relative, who is 68, and living in Salhouse, Norfolk.

The postcard was dated 1916 and handwritten on the back was a note from Alfred. He mentions that he had not forgotten his sister Nell, and that he would like to hear from her. Alfred didn’t make it; he was injured at the Hindenburg Line at Grecourt in 1918 and died four days later. His sister Nell passed away and was heartbroken about his brutal wartime death in 1964 without ever seeing this postcard.