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

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but of course they both were still in the 

Grenadier Guards, this Tudway's father had

a big Estate in Wiltshire so when

Lieutenant Tudway went home for to visit

his mother & father he always took Ted

with him, his parents was very fond of 

Ted they always treated him as if he was

there son's brother instead of him being

his vallet which was very nice Tudway was

if I remember a year younger than Ted,

I know when hunting season was on

Tudway always went home for that & took

Ted along with him, I can still remember

Ted having two lovely hunting suits that

Tudway bought for him one was a grey

tweed & the other green tweed mixture

with what they called plus fore's another

thing too Ted always wore civilian suits

while he was his vallet never the soldier's 

uniform even when he came home for his

weekends which was quite often. Well Ted

stayed with L. Tudway until he was ready to

come out on Reserve which they could do,

so in 1913 Jan, Ted decided he would come

out on reserve, so when they do that they

like to get a goverment position so to

carry on there pension, well after he was 

home in the Feb. 1913, he had the offer

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but of course they both were still in the 

Grenadier Guards, this Tudway's father had

a big Estate in Wiltshire so when

Lieutenant Tudway went home for to visit

his mother & father he always took Ted

with him, his parents was very fond of 

Ted they always treated him as if he was

there son's brother instead of him being

his vallet which was very nice Tudway was

if I remember a year younger than Ted,

I know when hunting season was on

Tudway always went home for that & took

Ted along with him, I can still remember

Ted having two lovely hunting suits that

Tudway bought for him one was a grey

tweed & the other green tweed mixture

with what they called plus fore's another

thing too Ted always wore civilian suits

while he was his vallet never the soldier's 

uniform even when he came home for his

weekends which was quite often. Well Ted

stayed with L. Tudway until he was ready to

come out on Reserve which they could do,

so in 1913 Jan, Ted decided he would come

out on reserve, so when they do that they

like to get a goverment position so to

carry on there pension, well after he was 

home in the Feb. 1913, he had the offer


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  • December 6, 2018 22:16:49 Thomas A. Lingner

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    but of course they both were still in the 

    Grenadier Guards, this Tudway's father had

    a big Estate in Wiltshire so when

    Lieutenant Tudway went home for to visit

    his mother & father he always took Ted

    with him, his parents was very fond of 

    Ted they always treated him as if he was

    there son's brother instead of him being

    his vallet which was very nice Tudway was

    if I remember a year younger than Ted,

    I know when hunting season was on

    Tudway always went home for that & took

    Ted along with him, I can still remember

    Ted having two lovely hunting suits that

    Tudway bought for him one was a grey

    tweed & the other green tweed mixture

    with what they called plus fore's another

    thing too Ted always wore civilian suits

    while he was his vallet never the soldier's 

    uniform even when he came home for his

    weekends which was quite often. Well Ted

    stayed with L. Tudway until he was ready to

    come out on Reserve which they could do,

    so in 1913 Jan, Ted decided he would come

    out on reserve, so when they do that they

    like to get a goverment position so to

    carry on there pension, well after he was 

    home in the Feb. 1913, he had the offer


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    Janet Fisher
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