EVAN THOMAS RADCLIFFE & C°, Steamship Owners. CARDIFF.
7th Sept 1914
H.M.S. Gloucester
Just boarded this ship – & as she is going home I’ll just drop a line.
I am very well & flourishing & hope you all are.
Bestest love to all Your loving
Paul
The mails to and from ships seem to have been less reliable than mails to and from the army. Paul seems to have sent this short note via a merchant ship owned by Evan Thomas Radcliffe & Co.