Z549/17/44

Letter sent from Felixstowe by Cyril Verdcourt to Papa [Jean Joseph Verdcourt].

Friday 18 October 1918

From: 1918 To: 1918

Dear Papa, Your bet is much more hopeful, although it is not yet won. News keeps flooding in, of the retirement of the German Army, and it remains to be seen whether they are returning to make a frontier stand, or to retire in accordance with Wilson’s terms. Internal troubles will probably decide their government for peace, don’t you think? The blackberry jam was simply splendid and I should imagine that you must have had a very successful and enjoyable ramble to obtain such quantities. What a pity you do not like the jam, isn’t it? You remember that time-worn joke (you ought to) about the colonel’s dog, and the ‘squad’ forming fours, It happened almost literally as I was passing a musketry squad the other day. There is a splendid library here and I have got a splendid book from it entitled ‘Aylwin’ by Watts-Dunton and even amidst the bustle and noise of camp life, I can lose myself completely in it. I remember Steve Mann remarking that in the army one never enjoyed a moment of privacy and certainly unless one goes into the country it is impossible to get away from the noise, which is continually [barring] on. A walk in the country has the same effect on one, as the sudden stoppage of machinery in a workshop. Louis will understand that. Your letter was one of the most interesting I have received and I should very much like to hear again. Thanking you for your efforts on my behalf, I am Your loving son Cyril

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Verdcourt, Cyril,
Verdcourt, Jean Joseph

army, Landguard Camp