Letter from Ted Fisher's sister to Ted Fisher's nephew Reg Fisher and Mrs Reg Fisher, dated 1990

• December 6, 2018 22:26:47 Thomas A. Lingner

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  hear comes the sad part of his life, in

  the August war was declared I always well

  remember it was on 3rd August Bank holiday

  on a Monday which was my Mother's 

  birthday, then on the Tuesday Ted had

  his letter to return to barracks for to go to

  war, so on Wednesday morning Aug 5th

  he left on the 1/2 past eight fast train to

  Paddington that was when your Dad Ray

  went to the station with him so they got

  on the tram bar at the end of St. Bartholomew's

  Road & who should get on the same tram

  was Mr. Norris who lived in Bartholomew's

  Rd & he was the Ideal Post Master so the

  three of them went down together, but

  just your dad went on down to the station

  with him, Reg I have never forgotten that

  morning Ted kissed us all goodbye, & in

  Mary's hand Emily's mine he put a 

  gold sovereign & I still have it. Well that

  was the 5th August & on the 12th he went to

  France to war & on the 14th September he was 

  killed in action, but we did not hear that

  he had been killed until the 9th Oct 1914,

  we would be getting Post cards from him

  
  

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