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letter sent by Isobel R. Thomson, the wife of Wellesley's observer Lieut RWL Thomson, informing Eli Evans that she's received a post card from her husband telling her that he's a POW in Germany. Eli Evans hadn't heard anything on the whereabouts of his son at this point

Letter sent by Isobel R. Thomson, the wife of Wellesley Evans' observer Lieutenant R. W. L. Thomson, informing Eli Evans that she has received a postcard from her husband telling her that he is a POW in Germany.

Second Lieutenant Arthur Wellesley Rees Evans (1898 – 1965) of Cardiff joined the Royal Flying Corps in August 1917. On 21 October 1918, along with his observer Lieutenant R. W. L. Thomson, he flew to bomb Cologne, but failed to return. He was taken prisoner and sent to Limburg Prisoner of War Camp in Germany. His father, Eli Evans, received many correspondence concerning his disappearance. Wellesley returned to Cardiff on 10 December 1918.