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1916 (Feb 4) Envelope originating in London & with red cachet of BRITISH AMBULANCE / B R / O S Bearing GV 1d tied London wavy line machine datestamp (9 Feb) & addressed to Wm. B. Dyne, Friends Ambulance Unit, Army P.O. S.10, B.E.F., Inghilterra (very confusing Inghilterra is Italian for England, APO S. 10 was located Dunkirk) & on reverse FIRST BRITISH AMBULANCE / UNIT FOR ITALY with in centre 123 PALL MALL/LONDON S.W. cachet & below dated 9 Feb Rec’d…..A strange & confusing item & I question if it ever even left London..Neither the British RX nor a Friends Ambulance Unit were in Italy before Sept 1917 & I suggest this was an early communication during preparations to send RX & Friends Ambulance units to Italy.. See :- https://www.quakersintheworld.org/quakers-in-action/252/Friends-Ambulance-Unit-FAU-in-WWI & https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/battles/the-campaign-in-italy-2/italy-casualty-evacuation-chain/ plus others the Internet is rich with info.