The postcards were kindly shared with us by Steven Goodman, Myer and Eva's grandson.

Myer Newman was born in 1887 in Krzyuxze bei-Borszczow, Czortkov, Galicia. According to a family legend, Myer's father fled home to avoid army conscription by swimming to Austria. When apprehended by soldiers and questioned about his identity, he gave them the name 'Neumann' to both avoid being sent back and to represent a new start. This name, in its anglicised form, was also adopted by Myer and his brother Isador when they settled in Liverpool. Myer became a British citizen in 1910 and the following year he married Eva Israels. The couple had 5 children, of whom May and Sydney were born before the war and feature prominently in the postcards. 

The collection contains 5 postcards sent to Myer by Eva and the children. There is also 1 postcard sent by Myer to Eva and 2 blank postcards. Included in the collection are some photographs of Myer and Eva and a couple of photographs of Myer with his regiment. 

In one postcard, Eva writes about her 'cousin Louis and his young lady' who came to visit before Louis returns to the front. She wrote: "They came Friday afternoon and go back Sunday night. I was glad to see him. He took us all to the Empire and had a good time. Sydney loves him because he is a soldier like his daddy." Louis died later that year.