Captain/Major Harold Ward Correspondence, item 136

• December 10, 2018 20:50:42 Thomas A. Lingner

  think the CO would hardly like to give

  them the responsibility of a company if 

  he could help it. No we didn't 

  play cricket for we have neither bats,

  wickets, balls nor a ground so we

  had to be content with playing 

  "soccer." Sorry to hear that March

  has gone under. Glad you had

  - or rather the families had a good 

  time when Lills came. Wonder if

  Alice would come & "carry on" for me

  for a week end? It is good of ma

  to send those socks. I managed to

  write her a letter the other day. I 

  am glad she is still keeping

  Hope Will Pearce will be lucky. It 

  amuses me to read in the newspapers

  about the various stunts out here.

  Rarely does one see English Troops 

  mentioned, but whenever the colonial

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