Postmarked: 9:45 am 30 Jan 1940 Sheerness, Kent
29/1/40
Dear Ma,
It is now this picture of myself terrible.
You can keep it in the back of your log
Will have better ones soon.
Love
Daddy
Postmarked 9:45 am 30 Jan 1940 Sheerness, Kent Senior Officers School Sheerness
Monday night
9:00 pm
Jan 29. 1940
Dear Lauretta
Your letter #2 dated Jan 8th just arrived to-day.
Why don’t you tell me what two cks you received.
Once more in December you were to [...]
Senior Officers School Sheerness
Letter to my wife
E.A.B.
Royal 22nd Regt
Aldershot Eng
Saturday noon.
Jan 26, 1940
Dear Lauretta,
Well everyone has flown away for the week end, only a few of us remained here (reason study). However the school Commondont has invited me to tea & dinner to-night [...]
Jan 21.1940
I found this menu amongst my papers to-day, so forwarding the old thing to you. It is now 2:00 am. I have been studying all night.
Miss you very much -
Lots of love darling
Dad
….from Feb the 18th on.
I’ll pay for some of his college and with 151.75 per m. [...]
Senior Officers School Sheerness
Sunday Jan 21.40
My darling wife
While I am having my sherry before my Sunday dinner I’ll write you the doings of the week.
First of all we are now in Winter, plenty of snow, and real cold weather. I am spending most of my day in the open so you [...]
Postmarked: 11:45 am 17 Jan 1940
Senior Officers School Sheerness
Wednesday
Jan 17 1940
Dear Ma.
Your letter #1 just arrived to-day. -
I have written you at least twenty letters since. On one of my previous letter, that was about 10 pages I told [...]
Postmarked: 5:30pm 17 Jan 1940 Senior Officers School Sheerness
Tuesday night
Jan 16. 1940
Dear Lauretta,
For the last two days we have been in the midst of a beautiful winter scenery. I never was so cold in Canada, as I was here to-day, snow and cold wind all day. They tell [...]
Postmarked:
9:45 PM Jan 14 1940
Royal Fountain Hotel
Canterbury
Sunday
Jan 14
Hello Ma
Had dinner here today
Now going to Canterbury Cathedral. The boys are waiting.
Love Dad
Senior Officers School,
Sheerness
Saturday noon
Jan 13
Dear Ma,
Well my first week at College is over. It sure was quite strenuous, but got over it with flying collars.
The school commandant dished out compliments to-day, Blais highly intelligent, et un bon soldat. After this [...]
Postmarked:
7:45 pm 13 Jan 1940
Sheerness, Kent
Friday night
Dear Ma.
I just saw George Vanier & Pauline receiving Gen McN. in France — you remember them.
Dad
Postmarked:
9:45 AM 13 Jan 1940
Sheerness, Kent
Senior Officers School
Sheerness
Friday noon
Jan 12
Lunch time –
Hello darling –
Just came in, and have a few minutes for lunch.
Sonnie [...]
Postmarked:
Sheerness, Kent
6:30 pm
9 Jan 1940
Senior Officers School
Sheerness
Tuesday Jan 9. 40
Dear Ma
Well I have settled at school, and find it darn hard to concentrate. It is now that I find how bad a reader I [...]
Postmarked
London
6 15 pm 7 Jan 1940
Saturday night
Jan 6, 40
Dear Ma
I came here Thursday night to finish (complete) my equipment for the Continent, also to take two days rest as I got the darndest cold & cuff you ever saw.
It is [...]
Aldershot 1 Jan 40
9.00 pm
Dear Ma & Kids
Well this has been a busy day for me, as we had an open house, and all I did all day was to greet my fellow officers from my division. Last night I attended a new year’s eve concert by [...]
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