FAC159/1/98

Letter: from Richard Dillingham at No 21 Kite & Balloon Section RFC Camp, [France] to Christine Dillingham at Kings Road, Flitwick - writer has moved camp again and thinks he will be settled for a while; - notes they have been busy shifting stores and clearing up; - comments that the camp is situated out in the country and is surrounded by marshy ground, "it reminds me very much of Lydd or like being on the Greenfield Moors"; - notes the land all round is cultivated and there are some good crops about; - comments he has received two letters from his wife and is sorry to hear about George Fowler; - comments he was pleased to hear Emily & Rose, [Christine Dillingham's sister's] came through the air raid safely "I saw in yesterdays papers there was another Zeppelin Raid on Sunday morning, one of them being bought down"; - comments there have been some very heavy thunderstorms there, "I don't think I ever saw the lightning so strong or rain so fast before while the wind was blowing enough to tear anything to pieces";

May 1917

From: 1917 To: 1917

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Dillingham, Richard,
Dillingham, Christine,
Fowler, George

rain, wind, thunderstorms, crops, military balloons, Royal Flying Corps, air raids over UK, military airships, aerial warfare, FLITWICK, France, Lydd, Greenfield Moor