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although in Canadian Regiment.” In 1910 George emigrated to Canada, his mother having died in
1902. By profession he was a logger and when war was declared he immediately signed up at
Valcartier Camp, joining the 7th Infantry Battalion (British Colombia). Teather was badly wounded
and taken prisoner during the Battle of St. Julien (part of the second Battle of Ypres) during which the
Germans used poison gas for the first time. Initially sent to Stendhal Camp, he was later transferred to
Wittenberg. On repatriation he was sent to Kinmel Park Camp in May 1919, before returning to Canada.

Figure 2. German POW Camp message card.
He became a farmer and was married in June 1935 (at the age of 48) to Lilian Muriel Wheeler
at Fort St. John B.C. In May 1956 he made a return trip to England with his wife, probably as part
of his 70th birthday celebrations. George Teather died on 25 June 1971 at Fort St. John.
As with the examples that Richard gave, it is possible to use the historical stories behind items
such as this to interest a non-philatelic audience, even though they would rank very low in
competitions. Indeed, at Stampex last year I went to a seminar on competing and when I raised the
question of providing the non-philatelic story that lies behind items such as this, the speaker
dismissed them as of no importance. I disagree with him and agree with Richard that the way of
attracting new, non-philatelic, collectors is to open their eyes to the stories that such material can tell.

From Rob May FRPSL

T. A. Glover – expedition photographer

With reference to the ‘Story Behind the Cover’ by Mike Parker in the July-August 2020 LP, there
is more of a story to be told. I attach scans of two covers from my collection addressed in the same
hand to the same person, T.A. Glover, in 1922 and 1923 during another expedition from South to
North across the Sahara.

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