FAC159/1/7

Letter: from Richard Dillingham at RFC Camp, Farnborough [Hampshire]; to Christine Dillingham at Kings Road, Flitwick - writer has been put into B Section and expects to be settled down for a time; - asks after Ben and the baby and whether May sleeps with Christine; - notes that they "hear some funny tales here"; - asks whether peas and sweet peas are out; - notes he has just been inoculated "it doesn't half make you feel bad", he has to be inoculated again and vaccinated; - asks whether Dave Roberts has been exempted military service; - notes a lot of his comrades are from the North of England and there are four people in his tent; - expects to get home in six to eight weeks; - receives "only" three meals a day and the drill was "a bit stiff"; - runs through the daily routine; - asks for his birth and marriage certificate, a razor, the Bedfordshire Times and a letter; - notes he will write to his parents shortly asking whether his father had "any of the schools to do"; - "what have next door to say about me being here? I expect the funny things & sneered a time or two but never mind our time will come";

June 1916

From: 1916 To: 1916

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Roberts, David,
Dillingham, Ben,
Dillingham, May

Royal Flying Corps, flowers, peas, inoculation, Farnborough