SF84/5/168/6

Letter from C. Munns, written on paper with printed heading On Active Service with the British Expeditionary Force.

7 Jul 1917

From: 1917 To: 1917

“Dear Sir, I am in receipt of a notice from you regarding the way my garden is kept, and you say it is in a very untidy and not cultivated condition. Sir, I beg to inform you that I am on active service in France, fighting for the likes of such as you and the good lady at the Manor who makes the complaint. Dear Sir, kindly inform Miss Brooks from me dri[ver] Munns [146th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery] that I am here fighting to protect her estate and if she wishes me to cultivate that little piece of garden ask her to get me out of the army and I will do so. Otherwise it won’t worry me if her estate gets burnt down so long as it does not burn that lovely shanty (The Gables) down at the bottom of the hill and ask her if she is doing as much for her King and country as I am in threatening to turn my wife out of home in my absence. This letter is only as good as my wife received.”

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Munns, C.,
British Expeditionary Force

Flitwick The Gables, gardens