BMS/CWK/95/21b/21

Envelope containing letter from James William Kaye to his parents. Sent from Headquarters 22nd Corps, Heavy Artillery, B.E.F.

9 Mar 1919

From: 1919 To: 1919

The officer in the battery who was printing the writer's photographs has been demobilised, so the writer is sending the films home for printing. Describes the photographs; e.g. 'the house behind the avenue of trees is our old headquarters'. Mme. Gilbert gave the writer a ticket for a charity performance at the cinema. During the interval all the young ladies came round with trays of things to buy. The writer got landed with a souvenier ash tray, some engravings of Mons, scent, toothpaste in a glass vessel, biscuits, cherry brandy, beer, chocolates and a lot of cigarettes; the Belgians were not offered anything until the British officers had been bankrupted! Now only 2 officers left in the battery at Cuemes, Barry and Boyd. The writer went for tea, and they were joined by the children of a local family. Describes a game played. All the brigades are dumping guns and stores in Mons, preparing for departure, some to England and some to the Rhine.

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Kaye, James William,
British Expeditionary Force,
Gilbert,
Barry,
Boyd

family correspondence, photography, Mons, cinema, brandy, beer, chocolate, cigarettes