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Letter: from Richard Dillingham at No 21 Kite & Balloon Section RFC Camp, [France] to Christine Dillingham at Kings Road, Flitwick - writer has received some letters from his wife and they are all well at home; - hopes that he will be able to get back home soon; - "I expect Ben did not think I was going away again, poor little chap"; - asks what has Dottie (Dorothy Brittain) got to say about me being out here?; - notes that he is glad to hear that the drain has been cleaned. "What did he say when he found that it was next door that was the cause of it but they will always be a trouble" and that "Its a pity Bob Mann didn't have a go at it, he would have made a nice mess of things"; - notes that he is sorry to hear about Charlie Groom and that it must have been a shock for his poor wife; Monday Night - writer has just received a parcel from his wife and is pleased with it but ask not to be sent another one as "we are getting a jolly good living"; - asks if she can knit him some gloves and socks - wonders what Archie and Ede Ayler think about things now and asks what regiment has he joined?; - notes that Mother has told him that George [Dillingham, his brother] has passed for Garrison Duty Abroad; - asks does Mrs Fowler still pull as long a face as ever?; - notes he hasn't got anything to complain about and is getting on first class, "We are getting a much better living & have had another blanket issued out to us"'; - comments that they are all billeted together in one long hut, which have a couple of fires in them and are quite comfortable; - notes the weather has been very miserable this last week with nothing but rain and cold winds day after day making the camp like a quagmire;

November 1916

From: 1916 To: 1916

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Dillingham, Richard,
Dillingham, Christine,
Dillingham, Ben,
Brittain, Dorothy,
Mann, Bob,
Groom, Charlie,
Ayler, Archie,
Ayler, Ede,
Fowler,
Dillingham, George

weather, rain, Royal Flying Corps, wind, letters, clothing, DRAINAGE, FLITWICK, France