FAC159/1/8

Letter: from Richard Dillingham at RFC Camp, Farnborough [Hampshire] to Christine Dillingham, Kings Road, Flitwick - writer has received a letter from his wife, along with his certificates and razor; - confirms his wife should start to receive her money; - tell Dave Roberts to hurry up and join the R.F.C as a Batman (an Officer's Servant), he would get in easily; - kiss poor old Ben and tell him "I should so love to see him"; - notes he is in a tent with a "very nice lot of fellows" mostly from the North Country who are "superior to the usual class of fellows; - there are a lot of aeroplanes here and saw one loop the loop 12 times running; - describes his conditions in the camp, "we have to lie on the bare boards and have two blankets each, one to lie on and the other to cover you over. We have to go to bed and all lights out by 9:45 and get up again by 6:00am. We have to shave and clean our shoes and buttons"; - notes it is "the strictest Corps in the army"; - asks to be remembered to her mother and father;

15 June 1916

From: 1916 To: 1916

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Dillingham, Richard,
Roberts, David,
Dillingham, Christine

military aircraft, Royal Flying Corps, Flitwick Kings Road, Farnborough