• Reference
    FAC159/1/35
  • Title
    Letter: from Richard Dillingham at Section KBS RFC Camp, [France]; to Christine Dillingham at Kings Road, Flitwick - writer is still at the rest camp which is "getting a bit monotonous" - notes they are not allowed to leave the camp without a pass; - notes men returning form the front line stay at the camp "some smart tales some of them can tell especially if they think they have got someone to take it all in"; - describes the camp "there is a big YMCA hut here where you can get almost anything you want, read the papers or play games, with a concert room attached where there is either a concert or lecture every night" - asks his wife how she got on having tea at Wood Farm, Flitwick with Dottie (Dorothy Brittain) and what did Billie Brittain say about me being out here?; - asks what Ben had to say about him leaving and have they run away again?; - asks for his mother to send him the Bedfordshire Times and to let him know how George got on with his appeal; - "Cheer up my dear as we shall have some better times soon I hope"
  • Date free text
    19 October 1916
  • Production date
    From: 1916 To: 1916
  • Level of description
    item