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. [...]

6. Apr. 40

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 [...]