P71/28/21/11

Letter number 11 with numerous mentions of local men and events, including:

9 May 1916

From: 1916 To: 1916

- Arthur Bartram promoted to sergeant; - Archie Cox of The Buffs [East Kent Regiment] and Victor Ruffhead in Mesopotamia - Jim Ruffhead, Sapper Fred Dawson, George Bartram, William Drage Frank Hulatt and Walter Cox all in Egypt; - Philip Cox in India and his report of the sinking of a troop ship en route; - death of son of Mr.Hopkins of Turvey School in India; - Don, Jim and Ernest Cox and Bert Seamarks all in France; - Ted Cox in France as a bombing specialist (i.e. a grenade thrower) as little as 10 yards from the German lines and news that he often saw Charlie Goldsmith; - Roger Curtis in France in the cookhouse and then as sergeants’ batman; - Chris Allen and Alec Lacey in France in the Bedfordshire Yeomanry and near explosion of a mine; - Hermon Hulatt in trenches taken by the French from the Germans; - George Smith taking a rest in France; - George Seamarks at Mudros [Greece] where Arthur Goldsmith was last known to be and longing to see his twin boys now over one year old; - Walter Curtis in barracks in Fort William, Ontario [Canada]; - Fred Prentice bound for Australia on the Themistocles after attending the ANZAC service at Westminster Abbey; - H.Mitchell had just left Ampthill [training camp] for France and Walter Church, Oliver Harpin and Walter Harpin were still at Ampthill, Oliver Harpin being a bomb throwing instructor; - Chris Warwick at Maidenhead [Berkshire]and Arthur Warwick at Landguard, H.Field at Purfleet, J.Parrott at Halton Park, Tring [Hertfordshire], Bert Bird with motor transport at Hounslow [Middlesex]; - Sam Poole’s call up delayed until September; - Walter Tysoe and Charles Goldsmith in the trenches; - Charles Seamarks had been cut off in Stevington due to a blizzard; - the writer expressed satisfaction that the Irish rebellion was over with some of the leaders shot and thousands bought to England, he blamed Germany for it; - news that daylight saving would start on Sunday week with clocks being put forward one hour, going back again in October

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Bartram, Arthur,
Cox, Archie,
Ruffhead, Victor,
Ruffhead, Jim,
Dawson, Fred,
Bartram, George,
Drage, William,
Hulatt, Frank,
Cox, Walter,
Cox, Philip,
Hopkins,
Cox, Don,
Cox, Jim,
Cox, Ernest,
Seamarks, Bert,
Cox, Ted,
Goldsmith, Charlie,
Curtis, Roger,
Allen, Chris,
Lacey, Alec,
Hulatt, Hermon,
Smith, George,
Seamarks, George,
Goldsmith, Arthur,
Curtis, Walter,
Prentice, Fred,
Mitchell, H.,
Church, Walter,
Harpin, Oliver,
Harpin, Walter,
Warwick, Chris,
Warwick, Arthur,
Field, H.,
Parrott, J,
Bird, Bert,
Poole, Samuel,
Tysoe, Walter,
Goldsmith, Charles,
Seamarks, Charles

STEVINGTON, general correspondence, First World War, World War One, sergeant, East Kent Regiment, Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, naval ships, DEATH, Turvey School, France, bombs, yeomanry, French, Germans, Mudros, Ontario, Australia, AMPTHILL, Maidenhead, Landguard, Purfleet, Tring, Hounslow, blizzard