EDWARD VIII - ALS 1917 while in France with the B.E.F. Category_Travel

EDWARD VIII - ALS 1917 while in France with the B.E.F. Category_TravelEDWARD VIII (1894 1972) Autograph Letter Signed (Edward) to Wilson Taylor at the Bath Club in Dover Street, written as a Staff Officer attached to the XIV Army Corps commanded by General Lord Cavan. 1 pages 8vo in pencil, together with the original official On His Majestys Service envelope addressed by Edward in ink on which he written By Messenger. H. Q., 14th Corps B.[ritish] E.[xpeditionary] F.[orce], 1 July 1917. The young Prince Edward was

but his espousal of his kingdom’s interests

Like Waugh

16 February 1810

and I received another copy by the same shipment

Admiral Villeneuve himself was admitted to the Legion of Honour in 1804

where a revolution against the Netherlands was raging

Commander of the Infantry of the 5th Corps

which had come to power the previous year

Dresden and finally

the second detached from its blank leaf

Cardinal Mazarin

The blank leaf of the letter has been cut away