Private Robert William Price - letters to his wife , item 83
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2 ...right page of a two page item
have to go through Well my
Dear I am in a sick dug out
+ can see men getting wounded
so you can see how I am fisced
shells dropping all about I
only wish it was all over I
can tell you to be at home with
you I soppose it will come to
an end sometime Well my Dear
I had two letters from you at
the same time + one from Reg
he is in Hospital with a cold
otherwise he is all right I
have not got the rubbing
bottle yet that you sent
3 ...left page of a two page item
I soppose it his on the way Well
Nan who his that Bob that
as got out of the Army + got
work a Croston I dont understand
your letter you must
have made a mistake his it
Bill Iddon that as got the luck
you must let me know the nesct
time you write I am glad that
Alice has got home all right I
think it will be better for her in
her own home she will be able to
pull her strength back in
time it will take a bit
-
2 ...right page of a two page item
have to go through Well my
Dear I am in a sick dug out
+ can see men getting wounded
so you can see how I am fisced
shells dropping all about I
only wish it was all over I
can tell you to be at home with
you I soppose it will come to
an end sometime Well my Dear
I had two letters from you at
the same time + one from Reg
he is in Hospital with a cold
otherwise he is all right I
have not got the rubbing
bottle yet that you sent
3 ...left page of a two page item
I soppose it his on the way Well
Nan who his that Bob that
as got out of the Army + got
work a Croston I dont understand
your letter you must
have made a mistake his it
Bill Iddon that as got the luck
you must let me know the nesct
time you write I am glad that
Alice has got home all right I
think it will be better for her in
her own home she will be able to
pull her strength back in
time it will take a bit
-
2 ...right page of a two page item
have to go through Well my
Dear I am in a sick dug out
+ can see men getting wounded
so you can see how I am fisced
shells dropping all about I
only wish it was all over I
can tell you to be at home with
you I soppose it will come to
an end sometime Well my Dear
I had two letters from you at
the same time + one from Reg
he is in Hospital with a cold
otherwise he is all right I
have not got the rubbing
bottle yet that you sent
3 ...left page of a two page item
I soppose it his on the way Well
Nan who his that Bob that
as you out of the Army + got
work a Croston I dont understand
your letter you must
have made a mistake his it
Bill Iddon that as got the luck
you must let me know the nesct
time you write I am glad that
Alice has got home all right I
think it will be better for her in
her own home she will be able to
pull her strength back an
there it will take a bit
-
2 ...right page of a two page item
have to go through Well my
Dear I am in a sick dug out
+ can see men getting wounded
so you can see how I am fisced
shells dropping all about I
only wish it was all over I
can tell you to be at home with
you I soppose it will come to
an end sometime Well my Dear
I had two letters from you at
the same time + one from Reg
he is in Hospital with a cold
otherwise he is all right I
have not got the rubbing
bottle yet that you sent
3 ...left page of a two page item
I soppose it his on the way Well
Nan who his that Bob that
as you out of the Army + got
work a Croston I dont understand
your letter you must
have made a mistake his it
Bill Iddon that as got the luck
you must let me know the nesct
time you write I am glad that
Alice has got home all right I
think it will be better for her in
her own home she will be able to
pull her strength back an
there it will take a bit
-
2 ...right page of a two page item
have to go through Well my
Dear I am in a sick dug out
+ can see men getting wounded
so you can see how I am fisced
shells dropping all about I
only wish it was all over I
can tell you to be at home with
you I soppose it will come to
an end sometime Well my Dear
I had two letters from you at
the same time + one from Reg
he is in Hospital with a cold
otherwise he is all right I
have not got the rubbing
bottle yet that you sent
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Robert writes that Nan mentions someone named Rob getting out of the Army and finding work “a Croston”. I suspect it is the town Croston in Lancashire, England.
In item 84, Robert talks about Nan and “Preston, which is about 15-20 km from Croston.
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