HG12/13/2

Letter from Henry Hugh Longuet Longuet-Higgins, St Mary's Rectory, PO Box 185, Johannesburg, South Africa to Edith Augusta Mary Bazeley.

18 Mar 1915

From: 1915 To: 1915

Reference to [William John] Roxburgh, for whom the writer Is taking children's services this lent at Yeoville [an inner city neighbourhood of Johannesburg]. 'How I should like to shake Johannesburg .... Alll the day long have stretched out my hands to a disobedient and gainsaying people'. Travelled to Heidelberg, Gauteng last Saturday but one, and received a chilly reception from the rector's wife, Mrs Urquhart. The next day trvelled on to a dingy mining town where he conducted a service for a 'cheery tho' small congregation.' Glad to hear that Oswald has got his commission [Oswald Edward Selwyn Bazeley] 'John [brother] has been twaeked by a German sniper but not seriously I'm thankful to say.

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Longuet-Higgins, Henry Hugh Longuet,
Bazeley, Edith Augusta Mary,
Bazeley, Jasper Selwyn,
Roxburgh, William John,
Bazeley, Oswald Edward Selwyn,
Longuet-Higgins, John Esmond Longuet

general correspondence, Johannesburg, church services, World War One