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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 a parcel from his wife and mother; - notes the cakes in the parcel were a treat and that he has had some fine suppers; - comments he is in the best of health and spirits and that the better weather makes things much pleasanter; - comments there is much more work to do and scarcely any time for anything else; - notes he had his first bath and a shower bath but wants time to wash his dirty clothes, "It is impossible to wash clothes in cold water and in the dark"; - is pleased that the children liked their cards; - is glad that Ben's horse has been fixed, "can he manage to ride it yet?"; - asks Did old W Carr have "A lot of old gas about it"; - thinks that she should take Dottie's [Dorothy Brittain] invitation; - comments things look promising for May and asks her to let him know when the wedding is coming and to send him a piece of cake; - notes he is sorry to hear about poor old Willy and he had seen the account in the paper; - notes W Whittington had gained the Military Medal, "He is about the last one you would expect to get it"; - asks does Ben still go to School?; - comments he has been sent a pair of gloves from Alice and that he is well off for gloves as he has been issued two pairs along with a waterproof coat and sou'wester; - comments that he went into the village to watch a concert and then into a cafe to get some wine but couldn't make the waiter understand them, "the chap with me was from Yorkshire and talked a bit broad"; - notes not to worry about the socks and not to send him soap as he can get there;

March 1917

From: 1917 To: 1917

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Dillingham, Richard,
Dillingham, Christine,
Dillingham, Ben,
Carr, William,
Brittain, Dorothy,
Whittington, W

concerts, newspapers, Royal Flying Corps, schools, weather, FLITWICK, France, Yorkshire