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To his wife headed ”Hope you received message” and sent from 3rd Corps School, BEF

13 July 1917

From: 1917 To: 1917

To his wife headed ”Hope you received message” and sent from 3rd Corps School, BEF “Sorry I cannot get home in time for funeral. As I am away from my division it takes so long to get the necessary particulars through for special leave have just made further inquiries as to when it will come through it may be Sunday that means it will be Wednesday before I could possibly get home. Dear Emma I hope you are well, bear up dear and don’t think too much. I trust dear that he has joined your Mother, be comforted, knowing that his wordly pains are over and ha has passed beyond. I am doing my best to come to comfort you, though it may take days”. “The parcel has not arrived as yet hopes it comes today must close now as its dinner time 8 p.m. with fondest love to all”.

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Rowe, Emma,
Rowe, Percy

III Corps, personal correspondence, First World War, World War One Service Personnel Overseas