Two Brothers Serving in France, item 47

• March 4, 2018 23:53:05 Stella Watkin

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  5
  

  Well Chris, I am just carrying on as usual
  

  with my teaching job. The management of
  

  the School as a whole is not what I
  

  would have it (officers are a slack lot)
  

  but the students are so anxious to learn
  

  that one feels encouraged to give of one's
  

  best to help them.  Some of my book-
  

  keepers are very keen, and their progress is
  

  so good that they are bound to know a
  

  difference when they get back to civil life.
  

  I am persevering at French myself, and always
  

  picking up a little.
  

  Suice I commenced writing this letter,
  

  I have been notified that I have been
  

  promted from lance-corporal to second-
  

  corporal (ii-Cpl.). The one stripe remains
  

  for this rank, but I get another 8d. a day,
  

  making 3/8 in all.  It is jolly decent of
  

  the C.O. pushing me up so quickly, but I
  

  suppose he'll want me to get a little more
  

  remuneration for my "professional" services!
  

  Including the new bonus, and the war gratuity
  

  
  

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                            6
  

  both of which I'll likely get by and by, my
  

  weekly wage works out now at something
  

  like 40/5, which isn't bad.  Of course
  

  we only draw 15 francs a fortnight here (11/6),
  

  so a tidy sum must soon accumulate to
  

  my credit. I daresay I'll find a use
  

  for it too when I get home!  I'll not be
  

  able to buy many suits of clothes for £20!
  

  Demobilisation proceeds slowly.  About
  

  a dozen from our Company went home last
  

  week, and four more are preparing to go.
  

  These, of course, are all 1914-15 men. Until
  

  all the early men go, there will be no chance
  

  for me.  Ebbie Steel is hanging on for the
  

  same reason, and I expect Davie Johnston
  

  will be in a like category. However, we'll
  

  all get home some day, sooner or later, and
  

  it's nice to look forward to it. I've been
  

  nearly three months out now, and the time
  

  hasn't seemed long. Still I often weary
  

  to see the old familiar faces.
  

  I got two fine boxes last week: one from
  

  
  

• March 4, 2018 15:34:02 Stella Watkin

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  5
  

  Well Chris, I am just carrying on as usual
  

  with my teaching job. The management of
  

  the School as a whole is not what I
  

  would have it (officers are a slack lot)
  

  but the students are so anxious to learn
  

  that one feels encouraged to give of one's
  

  best to help them.  Some of my book-
  

  keepers are very keen, and their progress is
  

  so good that they are bound to know a
  

  difference when they get back to civil life.
  

  I am persevering at French myself, and always
  

  picking up a little.
  

  Suice I commenced writing this letter,
  

  I have been notified that I have been
  

  promted from lance-corporal to second-
  

  corporal (ii-Cpl.). The one stripe remains
  

  for this rank, but I get another 8d. a day,
  

  making 3/8 in all.  It is jolly decent of
  

  the C.O. pushing me up so quickly, but I
  

  suppose he'll want me to get a little more
  

  remuneration for my "professional" services!
  

  Including the new bonus, and the war gratuity
  

  
  

   ... Right side
  

                            6
  

  both of which I'll likely get by and by, my
  

  weekly wage works out now at something
  

  like 40/5, which isn't bad.  Of course
  

  we only draw 15 francs a fortnight here (11/6),
  

  so a tidy sum must soon accumulate to
  

  my credit. I daresay I'll find a use
  

  for it too when I get home!  I'll not be
  

  able to buy many suits of clothes for £20!
  

  Demobilisation proceeds slowly.  About
  

  a dozen from our Company went home last
  

  week, and four more are preparing to go.
  

  These, of course, are all 1914-15 men. Until
  

  all the early men go, there will be no chance
  

  for me.  Ebbie Steel is hanging on for the
  

  same reason, and I expect Davie Johnston
  

  will be in a like category. However, we'll
  

  all get home some day, sooner or later, and
  

  it's nice to look forward to it. I've been
  

  nearly three months out now, and the time
  

  hasn't seemed long. Still I often weary
  

  to see the old familiar faces.
  

  I got two fire boxes last week: one from
  

  
  

  
  

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• March 4, 2018 15:33:02 Stella Watkin

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  5
  

  Well Chris, I am just carrying on as usual
  

  with my teaching job. The management of
  

  the School as a whole is not what I
  

  would have it (officers are a slack lot)
  

  but the students are so anxious to learn
  

  that one feels encouraged to give of one's
  

  best to help them.  Some of my book-
  

  keepers are very keen, and their progress is
  

  so good that they are bound to know a
  

  difference when they get back to civil life.
  

  I am persevering at French myself, and always
  

  picking up a little.
  

  Suice I commenced writing this letter,
  

  I have been notified that I have been
  

  promted from lance-corporal to second-
  

  corporal (ii-Cpl.). The one stripe remains
  

  for this rank, but I get another 8d. a day,
  

  making 3/8 in all.  It is jolly decent of
  

  the C.O. pushing me up so quickly, but I
  

  suppose he'll want me to get a little more
  

  remuneration for my "professional" services!
  

  Including the new bonus, and the war gratuity
  

  
  

   ... Right side
  

                            6
  

  both of which I'll likely get by and by, my
  

  weekly wage works out now at something
  

  like 40/5, which isn't bad.  Of course
  

  we only draw 15 francs a fortnight here (11/6),
  

  so a tidy sum must soon accumulate to
  

  my credit. I daresay I'll find a use
  

  for it too when I get home!  I'll not be
  

  able to buy many suits of clothes for £20!
  

  Demobilisation proceeds slowly.  About
  

  a dozen from our Company went home last
  

  week, and four more are preparing to go.
  

  These, of course, are all 1914-15 men. Until
  

  all the early men go, there will be no chance
  

  for me.  Ebbie Steel is hanging on for the
  

  same reason, and I expect Davie Johnston
  

  will be in a like category. However, we'll
  

  all get home some day, sooner or later, and
  

  it's nice to look forward to it. I've been
  

  nearly three months out now, and the time
  

  hasn't seemed long. Still I often weary
  

  to see the old familiar faces.
  

  I got two fine boxes last week: one from
  

  
  

  
  

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• March 4, 2018 15:32:16 Stella Watkin

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  5
  

  Well Chris, I am just carrying on as usual
  

  with my teaching job. The management of
  

  the School as a whole is not what I
  

  would have it (officers are a slack lot)
  

  but the students are so anxious to learn
  

  that one feels encouraged to give of one's
  

  best to help them.  Some of my book-
  

  keepers are very keen, and their progress is
  

  so good that they are bound to know a
  

  difference when they get back to civil life.
  

  I am persevering at French myself, and always
  

  picking up a little.
  

  Suice I commenced writing this letter,
  

  I have been notified that I have been
  

  promted from lance-corporal to second-
  

  corporal (ii-Cpl.). The one stripe remains
  

  for this rank, but I get another 8d. a day,
  

  making 3/8 in all.  It is jolly decent of
  

  the C.O. pushing me up so quickly, but I
  

  suppose he'll want me to get a little more
  

  remuneration for my "professional" services!
  

  Including the new bonus, and the war gratuity
  

  
  

   ... Right side
  

                            6
  

  both of which I'll likely get by and by, my
  

  weekly wage works out now at something
  

  like 40/5, which isn't bad.  Of course
  

  we only draw 15 francs a fortnight here (11/6),
  

  so a tidy sum must soon accumulate to
  

  my credit. I daresay I'll find a use
  

  for it too when I get home!  I'll not be
  

  able to buy many suits of clothes for £20!
  

  Demobilisation proceeds slowly. About
  

  a dozen from our Company wet ome last
  

  week, and four more are preparing to go.
  

  These, of course, are all 1914-15 men. Until
  

  all the early men go, there will be no chance
  

  for me. Ebbie Steel is hanging on for the
  

  same reason, and I expect Davie Johnston
  

  will be in a like category. However, we'll
  

  all get home some day, sooner or later, and
  

  it's nice to look forward to it. I've been
  

  nearly three months out now, and the time
  

  hasn't seemed long. Still I often weary
  

  to see the old familiar faces.
  

  I got two fine boxes last week: one from
  

  
  

  
  

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• March 4, 2018 15:31:52 Stella Watkin

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  5
  

  Well Chris, I am just carrying on as usual
  

  with my teaching job. The management of
  

  the School as a whole is not what I
  

  would have it (officers are a slack lot)
  

  but the students are so anxious to learn
  

  that one feels encouraged to give of one's
  

  best to help them.  Some of my book-
  

  keepers are very keen, and their progress is
  

  so good that they are bound to know a
  

  difference when they get back to civil life.
  

  I am persevering at French myself, and always
  

  picking up a little.
  

  Suice I commenced writing this letter,
  

  I have been notified that I have been
  

  promted from lance-corporal to second-
  

  corporal (ii-Cpl.). The one stripe remains
  

  for this rank, but I get another 8d. a day,
  

  making 3/8 in all.  It is jolly decent of
  

  the C.O. pushing me up so quickly, but I
  

  suppose he'll want me to get a little more
  

  remuneration for my "professional" services!
  

  Including the new bonus, and the war gratuity
  

  
  

   ... Right side
  

                            6
  

  both of which I'll likely get by and by, my
  

  weekly wage works out now at something
  

  like 40/5, which isn't bad.  Of course
  

  we only draw 15 francs a fortnight here (11/6),
  

  so a tidy sum must soon accumulate to
  

  my credit. I daresay I'll find a use
  

  for it too when I get home!  I'll not be
  

  able to buy many suits of clothes for L20!
  

  Demobilisation proceeds slowly. About
  

  a dozen from our Company wet ome last
  

  week, and four more are preparing to go.
  

  These, of course, are all 1914-15 men. Until
  

  all the early men go, there will be no chance
  

  for me. Ebbie Steel is hanging on for the
  

  same reason, and I expect Davie Johnston
  

  will be in a like category. However, we'll
  

  all get home some day, sooner or later, and
  

  it's nice to look forward to it. I've been
  

  nearly three months out now, and the time
  

  hasn't seemed long. Still I often weary
  

  to see the old familiar faces.
  

  I got two fine boxes last week: one from
  

  
  

  
  

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• March 4, 2018 15:30:35 Stella Watkin

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  5
  

  Well Chris, I am just carrying on as usual
  

  with my teaching job. The management of
  

  the School as a whole is not what I
  

  would have it (officers are a slack lot)
  

  but the students are so anxious to learn
  

  that one feels encouraged to give of one's
  

  best to help them.  Some of my book-
  

  keepers are very keen, and their progress is
  

  so good that they are bound to know a
  

  difference when they get back to civil life.
  

  I am persevering at French myself, and always
  

  picking up a little.
  

  Suice I commenced writing this letter,
  

  I have been notified that I have been
  

  promted from lance-corporal to second-
  

  corporal (ii-Cpl.). The one stripe remains
  

  for this rank, but I get another 8d. a day,
  

  making 3/8 in all.  It is jolly decent of
  

  the C.O. pushing me up so quickly, but I
  

  suppose he'll want me to get a little more
  

  remuneration for my "professional" services!
  

  Including the new bonus, and the war gratuity
  

  
  

   ... Right side
  

                            6
  

  both of which I'll likely get by and by, my
  

  weekly wage works out now at something
  

  like 40/5, which isn't bad. Of course
  

  we only draw 15 francs a fortnight here (11/6),
  

  so a tidy sum must soon accumulate to
  

  my credit. I daresay I'll find a use
  

  for it too when I get home! I'll not be
  

  able to buy many suits of clothes for L20!
  

  Demobilisation proceeds slowly. About
  

  a dozen from our Company wet ome last
  

  week, and four more are preparing to go.
  

  These, of course, are all 1914-15 men. Until
  

  all the early men go, there will be no chance
  

  for me. Ebbie Steel is hanging on for the
  

  same reason, and I expect Davie Johnston
  

  will be in a like category. However, we'll
  

  all get home some day, sooner or later, and
  

  it's nice to look forward to it. I've been
  

  nearly three months out now, and the time
  

  hasn't seemed long. Still I often weary
  

  to see the old familiar faces.
  

  I got two fine boxes last week: one from
  

  
  

  
  

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• March 4, 2018 15:29:43 Stella Watkin

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  5
  

  Well Chris, I am just carrying on as usual
  

  with my teaching job. The management of
  

  the School as a whole is not what I
  

  would have it (officers are a slack lot)
  

  but the students are so anxious to learn
  

  that one feels encouraged to give of one's
  

  best to help them.  Some of my book-
  

  keepers are very keen, and their progress is
  

  so good that they are bound to know a
  

  difference when they get back to civil life.
  

  I am persevering at French myself, and always
  

  picking up a little.
  

  Suice I commenced writing this letter,
  

  I have been notified that I have been
  

  promted from lance-corporal to second-
  

  corporal (ii-Cpl.). The one strike remains
  

  for this rank, but I get another 8d. a day,
  

  making /8 in all. It is jolly decent of
  

  the C.O. pushing me up so quickly, but I
  

  suppose he'll want me to get a little more
  

  remuneration for my "professionale" services!
  

  Including the new bonus, and the war gratuity
  

  
  

   ... Right side
  

                            6
  

  both of which I'll likely get by and by, my
  

  weekly wage works out now at something
  

  like 40/5, which isn't bad. Of course
  

  we only draw 15 francs a fortnight here (11/6),
  

  so a tidy sum must soon accumulate to
  

  my credit. I daresay I'll find a use
  

  for it too when I get home! I'll not be
  

  able to buy many suits of clothes for L20!
  

  Demobilisation proceeds slowly. About
  

  a dozen from our Company wet ome last
  

  week, and four more are preparing to go.
  

  These, of course, are all 1914-15 men. Until
  

  all the early men go, there will be no chance
  

  for me. Ebbie Steel is hanging on for the
  

  same reason, and I expect Davie Johnston
  

  will be in a like category. However, we'll
  

  all get home some day, sooner or later, and
  

  it's nice to look forward to it. I've been
  

  nearly three months out now, and the time
  

  hasn't seemed long. Still I often weary
  

  to see the old familiar faces.
  

  I got two fine boxes last week: one from
  

  
  

  
  

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• March 4, 2018 15:29:06 Stella Watkin

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  5
  

  Well Chris, I am just carrying on as usual
  

  with my teaching job. The management of
  

  the School as a whole is not what I
  

  would have it (officers are a slack lot)
  

  but the students are so anxious to learn
  

  that one feels encouraged to give of one's
  

  best to help them. Some of my book
  

  keepers are very keen, and their progress is
  

  so good that they are bound to know a
  

  difference when they get back to civil life.
  

  I am persevering at French myself, and always
  

  picking up a little.
  

  Suice I commenced writing this letter,
  

  I have been notified that I have been
  

  promted from lance-corporal to second-
  

  corporal (ii-Cpl.). The one strike remains
  

  for this rank, but I get another 8d. a day,
  

  making /8 in all. It is jolly decent of
  

  the C.O. pushing me up so quickly, but I
  

  suppose he'll want me to get a little more
  

  remuneration for my "professionale" services!
  

  Including the new bonus, and the war gratuity
  

  
  

   ... Right side
  

                            6
  

  both of which I'll likely get by and by, my
  

  weekly wage works out now at something
  

  like 40/5, which isn't bad. Of course
  

  we only draw 15 francs a fortnight here (11/6),
  

  so a tidy sum must soon accumulate to
  

  my credit. I daresay I'll find a use
  

  for it too when I get home! I'll not be
  

  able to buy many suits of clothes for L20!
  

  Demobilisation proceeds slowly. About
  

  a dozen from our Company wet ome last
  

  week, and four more are preparing to go.
  

  These, of course, are all 1914-15 men. Until
  

  all the early men go, there will be no chance
  

  for me. Ebbie Steel is hanging on for the
  

  same reason, and I expect Davie Johnston
  

  will be in a like category. However, we'll
  

  all get home some day, sooner or later, and
  

  it's nice to look forward to it. I've been
  

  nearly three months out now, and the time
  

  hasn't seemed long. Still I often weary
  

  to see the old familiar faces.
  

  I got two fine boxes last week: one from
  

  
  

  
  

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• February 9, 2018 20:37:44 Zamfirache Diana

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  Well Chris, I am just carrying on as usual
  

  with my teachin job. The management of
  

  the School as a whole is not what I
  

  would have it (officers are a slack lot)
  

  but the students are so anxious to learn
  

  that one feels encouraged to give of ones
  

  best to help them. Some of my book
  

  keepers are very keen, and their progress is
  

  so good that they are bound to know a
  

  difference when they get back to civil life.
  

  I am persevering at French myself, and always
  

  picking up a little.
  

  Suice I commenced writing this letter,
  

  I have been notified that I have been
  

  promted from lance-corporal to second-
  

  corporal (ii-Cpl.). The one strike remains
  

  for this rank, but I get another 8d. a day,
  

  making /8 in all. It is jolly decent of
  

  the C.O. pushing me up so quickly, but I
  

  suppose he'll want me to get a little more
  

  remuneration for my "professionale" services!
  

  Including the new bonus, and the war gratuity
  

  
  

   ... Right side
  

                            6
  

  both of which I'll likely get by and by, my
  

  weekly wage works out now at something
  

  like 40/5, which isn't bad. Of course
  

  we only draw 15 francs a fortnight here (11/6),
  

  so a tidy sum must soon accumulate to
  

  my credit. I daresay I'll find a use
  

  for it too when I get home! I'll not be
  

  able to buy many suits of clothes for L20!
  

  Demobilisation proceeds slowly. About
  

  a dozen from our Company wet ome last
  

  week, and four more are preparing to go.
  

  These, of course, are all 1914-15 men. Until
  

  all the early men go, there will be no chance
  

  for me. Ebbie Steel is hanging on for the
  

  same reason, and I expect Davie Johnston
  

  will be in a like category. However, we'll
  

  all get home some day, sooner or later, and
  

  it's nice to look forward to it. I've been
  

  nearly three months out now, and the time
  

  hasn't seemed long. Still I often weary
  

  to see the old familiar faces.
  

  I got two fine boxes last week: one from
  

  
  

  
  

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