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Field Post Offices 2 FPO Marks with No Suffix Or Prefix 2 FPO Mark Prefixed a 3 FPO Mark Suffixed B 4 FPO Mark Prefixed C 5 Durham at War 1 Researching First World War Postcards 3 Field post offices 2 FPO marks with no suffix or prefix 2 FPO mark prefixed A 3 FPO mark suffixed B 4 FPO mark prefixed C 5 FPO mark prefixed D 7 General and Corps Headquarters 11 FPO mark prefixed T 19 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ You can download this work and share it with others as long as it is credited, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially © John Sheen. Email contact: [email protected] Durham at War 2 Researching First World War Postcards 3 Field Post Offices (FPOs) FPO No Prefix or Suffix. From being taken into use in January 1915 until June 1916 the number of the FPO indicated the Infantry Brigade that it was serving. But in June 1916 it was realised that the Order of Battle of the British Forces in France could be worked out from the post marks. So a system of security exchanges was introduced and every six months FPOs would exchange their date stamps with another FPO. The exchanges are too complicated and lengthy to go into here but are well covered by Proud and Kennedy & Crabbe. Phase I, 18.6.16 – 30.9.16, Phase II, 1.10.16 – 31.1.17, Phase III, 1.2.17 – 30.6.17, Phase IV 1.7.17 – 31.1.18, Phase V 1.2.18 – 31.7.18, Phase VI 1.8.18 – 1.2.19, Thus it was that FPO 1 was serving 1st Brigade of the 1st Division and FPO 151 was serving 151 (Durham Light Infantry) Brigade of 50th (Northumbrian) Division. As a small example of the security changes, FPO 151 (Durham LI Brigade)used the following date stamps according to Proud page 218. Phase I, 18.6.16 – 30.9.16 used FPO 106, Phase II, 1.10.16 – 31.1.17 used FPO 168, Phase III, 1.2.17 – 30.6.17 used FPO 151, Phase IV 1.7.17 – 31.1.18 used FPO 118, Phase V 1.2.18 – 31.7.18 used FPO 115, This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ You can download this work and share it with others as long as it is credited, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially © John Sheen. Email contact: [email protected] Durham at War 3 Researching First World War Postcards 3 Phase VI 1.8.18 – 1.2.19 used FPO 7.P. FPO prefixed A, Army HQ Post Office. FPO A1, First Army HQ. FPO A2, Second Army HQ FPO A3, Third Army HQ. FPO A4, Fourth Army HQ. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ You can download this work and share it with others as long as it is credited, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially © John Sheen. Email contact: [email protected] Durham at War 4 Researching First World War Postcards 3 FPO A5, Fifth Army HQ. Originally Reserve Army, re-designated 30 Oct 1916. FPO AR, Reserve Army HQ, see above. FPO Suffixed B, Guards Brigades, Guards Division, formed in France August 1915. st FPO 1.B, 1 Guards Brigade. nd FPO 2.B, 2 Guards Brigade. rd FPO 3.B, 3 Guards Brigade. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ You can download this work and share it with others as long as it is credited, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially © John Sheen. Email contact: [email protected] Durham at War 5 Researching First World War Postcards 3 FPO 4.B 4th Guards Brigade formed in France 8 February 1918, served with 31st Division. FPO prefixed C, Cavalry Brigades. FPO C.1 through to FPO C.9 original Cavalry Brigades of 1st, 2nd and 3rd Cavalry Divisions. st FPO C.1. Headquarters 1 Cavalry Brigade. nd FPO C.2. Headquarters 2 Cavalry Brigade. rd FPO C.3. Headquarters 3 Cavalry Brigade. th FPO C 4.. Headquarters 4 Cavalry Brigade. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ You can download this work and share it with others as long as it is credited, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially © John Sheen. Email contact: [email protected] Durham at War 6 Researching First World War Postcards 3 FPO C.5. Headquarters 5th Cavalry Brigade. FPO C.6. Headquarters 6th Cavalry Brigade. FPO C.7. Headquarters 7th Cavalry Brigade. FPO C 8. Headquarters 8th Cavalry Brigade. FPO C.9. Headquarters 9th Cavalry Brigade. FPO C.10, 10 Cavalry Brigade, 4th Cavalry Division originally 2nd (S Midland) Mounted Brigade, 2nd Mounted Division. FPO C.11, 11 Cavalry Brigade, 4th Cavalry Division originally 4th (London) Mounted Brigade, 2nd Mounted Division. FPO C.12, 12 Cavalry Brigade, 4th Cavalry Division re-designation of 22nd Mounted Brigade which was originally the North Midland Mounted Brigade. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ You can download this work and share it with others as long as it is credited, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially © John Sheen. Email contact: [email protected] Durham at War 7 Researching First World War Postcards 3 FPO C.13, 13 Cavalry Brigade 5th Cavalry Division, the Yeomanry Mounted Brigade formed 19 January 1915, re-designated 5th Mounted Brigade. FPO C.14, 14th Cavalry Brigade 5th Cavalry Division, Originally 3rd Mounted Brigade (Notts & Derby). FPO CP.1 1st Canadian Cavalry Brigade re-designation of CX.1. FPO CX.1 1st Canadian Cavalry Brigade re-designated FPO CP.1 FPO C2X 2nd Canadian Cavalry Brigade. Unit never formed date stamp used by FPO 4Z. FPO Prefixed D, Divisional HQ Post Office. FPO D.1 through to FPO D.75. As with the Brigade FPO’s the Divisional FPO’s originally used the number of the Division, so FPO D.1 was used by 1st Division and FPO D.50 was used by the 50th (Northumbrian) Division. As a small example of the security changes, FPO D50 (Northumbrian) Division used the following date stamps according to Proud page 254. Phase I, 18.6.16 – 30.9.16 used FPO D35, Phase II, 1.10.16 – 31.1.17 used FPO D55, Phase III, 1.2.17 – 30.6.17 used FPO DW5, Phase IV 1.7.17 – 31.1.18 used FPO D41, This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ You can download this work and share it with others as long as it is credited, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially © John Sheen. Email contact: [email protected] Durham at War 8 Researching First World War Postcards 3 Phase V 1.2.18 – 31.7.18 used FPO D5, Phase VI 1.8.18 – 1.2.19 used FPO D66. FPO D.B, The Guards Division HQ. FPO D.C.1, 1st Cavalry Division HQ. FPO D.C.2, 2nd Cavalry Division HQ. FPO D.C.3, 3rd Cavalry Division HQ. FPO D.C.4, 4th Cavalry Division HQ. FPO D.M.3. These date stamps were used by the Dismounted Cavalry Division when the Division was in the line in the Infantry Role. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ You can download this work and share it with others as long as it is credited, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially © John Sheen. Email contact: [email protected] Durham at War 9 Researching First World War Postcards 3 FPO D.C.4, & FPO D.C.5 were used by the 1st & 2nd Indian Cavalry Divisions when they were re-named 4th & 5th Cavalry Divisions. They were served by the Indian Army Postal Service. FPO D.HD used by 51st (Highland) Division HQ while it still used its Territorial designation in April 1915. FPO D.K Spare Date Stamp. FPO D.L2 used by 47th (2nd London) Division HQ while it still used its Territorial designation in April 1915. FPO D.L.L, used by 52nd (Lowland) Division HQ while it still used its Territorial designation in April 1915. FPO D.M. used by 46th (North Midland) Division HQ while it still used its Territorial designation in April 1915. FPO D.M.2 used by the Australian Mounted Division. FPO D.M.3 and FPO D.M.4 see the Indian Cavalry Divisions. FPO D.M.T.1 used by the Divisional Train of the A & NZ Mtd Div. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ You can download this work and share it with others as long as it is credited, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially © John Sheen.
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