France 14/7/1917 Dear Mother, At the present moment I am in charge of a fairly large fatigue job which has lasted for a couple of …
Letter to Mother from Bapaume
Dear Mother I have received five or six letters from you and a few others from various other members of the family including about 6 …
Letter to Mother from Bapaume
7/07/1917 Dear Mother Today is the anniversary of my first time over the “parapet’ and incidentally of poor Bert Allen and Billy Hookhams death and …
Letter to Father from Bapaume
C/O Mrs Hookham 24 Donavon Ave Muswell Hill London N10 (no date but Papa wrote on it 4 July 1917) Dear Father I am taking …
Letter to Aunt Evie from Bapaume
3/7/1917 Sgt W.H. Elkington 4106 C. Coy. 20th Battalion A.I.E.F. Dear Aunt Evie, Thanks for your last letter which I received recently & which I …
Journal about Bapaume Letter
Arrived at Boulogne, we were marched to “One Blanket Hill” camp on the west side of Boulogne and there remained the night in huts, being …