Captain/Major Harold Ward Correspondence, item 137

• December 10, 2018 21:15:46 Thomas A. Lingner

  Troops take part it is always put 

  to their credit. The only explanation

  I can think of is that it is to keep 

  getting recruits for them. They have

  all done wonderful work & I don't 

  want you to think that the average

  Tommy minds their getting mentioned

  in the paper but it would be a 

  change to read one day in the papers

  "Magnificent fight by English Troops."

  There was about a fortnight ago some

  mention of the work of the Lincolns and

  at that time all our battalions in 

  France were actually in the front line.

    Yes I am sure you will be

  glad to get settled in our home

  again and I hope you will have

  a real good time there. By the 

  time you get this Kenneth will

  have had his birthday & I hope he

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