Cheap-Rate Telegrams To Troops Abroad
| The Post and Telegraph Department advises that as from today a cheap rate telegram service will be made I available to members of His Majesty’s j Army and Air Force abroad, except for the present, those serving in Canada and Egypt. Rate will be 5d per word for the text and signature, with a minimum charge of 2/6. Urgent private matters only are allowed and the text must be in plain language. The signatures must include surname of sender and the messages are subject to censorship. The address, which is not charged for, must include the indicator “EFM” regimental number, rank, and the words “British expeditionary force,” name of place and country of destination.
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Northern Advocate, 10 February 1940, Page 6
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