Field mail Mobilisation Dordrecht
On this page you will find military field‑post cards relating to Dordrecht and its surroundings.
It is hard to imagine now, but there was a time when telephones were certainly not as widely available as they are today. Let alone that it was possible to exchange messages at any moment. The telephones that did exist were usually located in central places and were mostly intended for business conversations. For mobilised soldiers there was therefore no other option than to send cards home. They did so in the form of field post. At first, the soldier’s family could still address their cards to the specific location where he was stationed, but during the general mobilisation the soldier’s destination became secret. Instead, one wrote to a designated field post office, which ensured the card reached the correct unit. Both the family and the soldier could send military field post to each other. In the upper right corner one wrote the word ‘Militair’, and then no stamp was required. Sometimes field post was stamped with the text: ‘Do not write about military matters!
Field post card – Field post card the postman – undated
Field post card – fragments from my time in service – 2 May 1940
Field post card – Viaduct of the new road bridge – 23 May 1939
Field post card – Voorstraathaven – 9 June 1939
Field post card – Bagijnhof – 22 March 1939.
Field post card – Military home Benvenuta – Staff 1–17 R.A. – 30 April 1940
Field post card – Groothoofd – 23 May 1940
Field post card – Station – 6 July 1939
Field post card – a mobilisation barracks hut – 1‑1‑2 R.W. – 28 April 1940
Field post card – Benthien Barracks – 23 August 1939
Field post card – Greetings from Dordrecht – 2 September 1939
Field post card – I’m lying here keeping watch for my little country – 11 December 1939
Field post card – Brave citizens for your welfare – 20 June 1940
Field post card – “A Dutch soldier can do more than drill” – 8 March 1940
Field post card – Watch closely—mind well, the tough lads at play – 11 October 1939
Field post card – Dordrecht – Schiedam – 14 December 1939
Field post card – It is an honour to be a soldier, but leave is nice as well – 14 February 1940
Field post card The calf‑pincher – 30 April 1940.
Field post card – Railway Bridge at Moerdijk – New Traffic Bridge at Moerdijk – 12 April 1940
Field post card – Dordrecht main entrance of the M.T. school – 20 May 1940
Field post card – Dordrecht, Great Church, Voorstraathaven – 17 November 1939
Field post card – At the sound of the trumpet – 14 February 1940
Field post card – Dordrecht – Zwolle – 6 August 1939
Field post card – Dordrecht Voorstraathaven – 2 September 1939
Field post card – Rotterdam Station D.P. – 3 September 1939
Field post card – We had to try for a long time – 16 November 1939
Field post card – Tent camp Chassé Barracks, Breda – 1939
Field post card – Nieuwe Haven – 12 April 1940
Field post card – Dordrecht Bankastraat – 3 May 1940
Field post card – Joh. Spaanstraat, Dordrecht
Field post card – Dordrecht, high water Wolwevershaven – 12 February 1940
Field post card – Dordrecht, Krispijn Tunnel – 13 March 1940
Field post card – Dordrecht, ferry to Papendrecht – 27 April 1940.
“Field post card – Dordrecht, high water Wolwevershaven – date unknown
Field post card – Deer in Merwestein Park – 22 May 1940
Field post card – Dordrecht, Tunnel, Krispijn – 30 August 1939
Field post card – Mill–Dordrecht – date unknown
Field post card – Willemsdorp – 23 February 1940.
Field post card – Middenstraat, Papendrecht – 30 August 1939
Field post card – Spakenburg Bunschoten – 30 June 1939
Field post card – He can laugh, his little wife is here – 11 May 1940
Field post card Dordrecht Voorstraathaven – 19 June 1939
Field Post card Papendrecht Town Hall – 17 May 1940
Field post card Vlissingen – Dordrecht, 18 April 1940
Field post card – Dordrecht Music Temple Krispijn – 15 September 1939
Field post card – Rotterdam Koningshaven – date unknown
Field Postcard – Rotterdam, Erasmus Statue – 10 January 1940
Field post card – Rotterdam, Vier Leeuwenbrug – 21 January 1940
Field Postcard – Rotterdam Post Office – 23 January 1940
Field post card – Rotterdam, Maas View – 30 January 1940
Field post card – Dordrecht, Traffic Bridge over the Oude Maas – 8 June 1939
Field post card – Dordrecht, Krispijnscheweg – 18 October 1939
Field Postcard – Dordrecht, Traffic Bridge over the Oude Maas – 31 August 1939
Field post card – Military Home Benvenuta – 23 March 1940
Field post card – Military Home Benvenuta – 23 March 1940
Field Post card – Dordrecht, Vischbrug – 7 May 1940
Field Post Envelope – Dutch Soldier – Dordrecht
Field post card – Traffic Bridge over the Oude Maas, Dordrecht–Zwijndrecht – 14 April 1940
Field post card – Dordrecht Station – 29 November 1939
Field post card – Dordrecht, Wolwevershaven – 13 April 1940
Field post card Dordrecht Municipal Hospital – 24 April 1940
Field post card Dordrecht Maartensgat – 24 February 1940
Field post card – Greetings from Dordrecht – 22 September 1937
Field post card – Dordrecht – Deurne – 17 July 1939
Field post card – I am coming home on Friday evening on leave – 24 January 1940
Field post card – After the rain – 23 October 1939
Field post card – I’ll be coming home on leave soon, what a stroke of luck – 23 December 1939