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Letter: from Richard Dillingham at 7th Lincoln's Battalion, [France] to Christine Dillingham at Kings Road, Flitwick - writer expects his wife will be surprised and a little worried over not receiving a letter from him for some time; - explains he hasn't been able to write any letters as the Battalion has been on the move; - asks her not to worry if she doesn't hear from him for a few days as they are not always able to get the letters through; - notes he is getting on very well except for a bit of a cold; - comments it has been nothing but moving from place to place since he has joined the 7th Lincoln's; - notes they are billeted at another farm and are sleeping in a big old barn; - comments that the weather is wet and cold most nights; - "How I wish this business would shut up, every body out here is the same they seem sick and tired to death of the whole thing"; - notes he didn't think last winter that he would be stuck out there all this time,"Still its no use grousing we must try and make the best of things although it seems jolly hard at times"; - notes he has been an "Orderly Man" which entails getting the food, taking it to the men and serving it to them in his platoon; - notes he has received the Bedfordshire Times and a letter from George who had seen Ben and Richard and thinks that when he returns he will notice how the boys have grown up; - comments he has seen in the Bedfordshire Times that Horace Dix is on home leave; - asks her how she is getting on now the nights are during in; - "I think if those people fighting this war to a finish and sit at home by the fire had to come out here and go through what the fellows out here go through they would very soon alter they opinion"; - asks if the children received the cards he sent them and if they still ask why he doesn't come home, "I hope they never have to go through anything like this"; - asks her to tell his mother that he will write the first chance he gets;

6 November 1917

From: 1917 To: 1917

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Dillingham, Richard,
Dillingham, Christine,
Dillingham, Ben,
Horace, Dix

letters, colds, 7th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, Bedfordshire Times, FLITWICK, France