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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/war-postcard-soldiers-family-found.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Workers found a postcard sent to a soldier almost a century ago" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-war-postcard-soldiers-family-found.jpg" alt="Workers found a postcard sent to a soldier almost a century ago"/></a></p>
<p>Villagers have found the family of a First World War soldier who lost a postcard while being treated in a military hospital nearly a century ago.</p>
<p>The card &#8211; sent to Private (Drummer) Edward Wolstencroft of the Royal Fusiliers by a woman called Nellie in April 1915 &#8211; was spotted by workers fixing the floor at the village hall in Shepreth, Cambridgeshire, three weeks ago.</p>
<p>Records show that the hall was used as a military hospital between 1915 and 1919. Locals think the card was placed on a shelf then slipped behind wooden panelling.</p>
<p>Research revealed that Pte Wolstencroft, who came from Edmonton, Middlesex, died on July 7, 1916 during the Battle of the Somme when he was in his mid 20s.</p>
<p>He is remembered on the war memorial dedicated to missing First World War soldiers at Thiepval in the Picardie region of France.</p>
<p>Pte Wolstencroft&#8217;s nephew, 61-year-old Paul Wolstencroft, was traced by local amateur family researcher Chris East.</p>
<p>Villagers plan to meet Mr Wolstencroft, who lives in Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire, and decide what to do with the postcard.</p>
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