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  Posted by mhbrbl (U1577738) on Tuesday, 10th March 2009

  Amongst my father's WW1 souvenirs is a single sheet of a publication with the above title. It is not dated but is shown as No.4 The wording on the heading is in the form of a shallow arc above a "bunch" of flags which appear to be those of the Allies. The only text is Alfred Tennyson's poem "The Revenge - A Ballard of Fleet".
  Does anyone know what this document is?

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  Posted by MB (U177470) on Wednesday, 11th March 2009

  What service did he serve in? Was he an officer?
  
  I wonder if it could have anything do with the King's Messengers? Their full title was King's Foreign Service Messenger and now seems to be Queen's Diplomatic Service Messenger. Perhaps coincidence.
  
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  Posted by mhbrbl (U1577738) on Sunday, 15th March 2009

  Thank you JMB for your comment. No, Dad was a Private, an ASC ambulance driver serving in Egypt and Palestine. The page looks as though it could have been the cover or front page of a periodical or one of a series of pamphlets. It has a vaguely religious appearance which could have appealed to my father.

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  Posted by MB (U177470) on Sunday, 15th March 2009

  Try asking the RASC Museum and the Royal Army Service Corps & Royal Corps of Transport Association.
  
  

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  Posted by Jak (U1158529) on Tuesday, 17th March 2009

  I remember seeing a religious magazine (quite small, maybe about 7 inches by 5 inches) called 'The King's Messenger', during or just after WW2. It was maybe from the C of E, or the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge or some such body.
  
  Just my wild guess, but maybe 'The Service Messenger' was a version for the benefit of the troops?

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