Postmarked: 27 Apr 1940 Aldershot, Hants
Apr 27. 1940
3:30 pm
Dearest Ma & Junie:
While in my room resting after a streneous week, now I have time to pick up on my correspondonse to my sweethearts.
First of all, I am listening to my wireless, to a beautiful opera coming from Milan. Secondly, [...]
Postmarked: 27 Apr 1940 Aldershot, Hants
Apr 25.1940
Dearest
A few snaps of a tea party given in honor of Mrs Charlebois the wife of Capt C. They have rented a nice country home here. The other lady is Betty Stockfeld, the Garbo of the French cinema.
Will write Sunday
A big kiss
Dad
Postmarked: 17 Apr 40 Aldershot, Hants
Wednesday 17 April 1940
Dear Lauretta
History being made at Buckingham Palace to-day. Our boys are mounting the guard, and your old man is held in his room by his physician, being down with an old ailment, that famous pain in my back. However my doctor assures me that [...]
Postmarked: 17 Apr 40 Aldershot, Hants
16 Apr. 40.
My dear Lauretta.
I enclosed a few snap shops of the funeral of one of my senior N.C.O. of whom I wrote you about some time ago.
No. [...]
My dear Lauretta;
It’s now one week to-night since I had a chance to write you a few words; I have been so darn busy with the training of my boys that when night comes I am all in. The old legs are not what they were a few [...]
Postmarked: 2 Apr 1940 Aldershot, Hants
April 2. 1940
Darling Wife,
Just received your letter of March 16, also one from Ed Jr. March 17. Not bad time.
Now about military qualifications. There are three
“D” Distinguish
“G” Fairly Good
“A” Advert report i.e. no d. good, inefficient, etc.
These reports you signed [...]
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