Dreams of Things That Were

The Wartime Correspondence of Harry William Manchester

Category: Peggy

Artifact 1940-11-05 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Jan 10, 2022

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January 22, 2022

in 1940, Aldershot, Elton Newman, Essex, Essex Scottish Regiment, Frances Newman, Jimmie Tweedale, Kitchen, Letter, Louie Clifford, Military Police, Orderly Room, Pat Burling, Peggy

Air Raid, bender, death of Pat Burling, Elton [Newman], Gerries [Germans], Gerry [Germans], Jim [the Corporal of police], Jimmie Tweedale, Louie Clifford, over flight, Pat Burling, Peg[gy], sister, the Kiddies

“But a Gerry just flew over & he was real low.”
Artifact 1940-10-31 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Jan 7, 2022

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January 22, 2022

in 1940, Aldershot, Elton Newman, Frances Newman, Glen Piper, Jason Manchester, Jimmie Tweedale, La Verne Woods (née Manchester), Letter, Newspaper Article, Peggy

{Windsor] Star, Aldershot, cigarette post card, Elton Newman, father, Glen Piper, illness, Jason Manchester, Jimmie Tweedale, La Verne Woods, money, Peg[gy], School teacher pushing boxcar, wife

“Piper is okay. Only we still nagg the devil out of him”
Artifact 40-08-23-b – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Apr 24, 2020

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January 22, 2022

in 1940, Aldershot, Elton Newman, Essex Scottish Regiment, Frances Newman, La Verne Woods (née Manchester), Letter, London, Military Leave, Peggy, Ruthven

Air Raid, Aldershot, Ammunition Train, bombs, Elton, England, Essex Scottish Regiment, La Verne, London, military leave, None., Peggy, Sis, United Kingdom

“I just wish you could spend one week here. You would be scared skinny.”
Artifact 1940-08-23 – Letter to Miss La Verne Woods

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Editor One

Mar 20, 2020

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January 22, 2022

in 1940, Aldershot, Elton Newman, England, Essex Scottish Regiment, Frances Newman, Highland Park, Jimmie Woods, La Verne Woods (née Manchester), Letter, London, Michigan, Military Leave, Military Police, Onnellee Reive, Peggy, United Kingdom, United States

Aldershot, Barracks, Eleanor, Elton [Newman], England, Essex Scottish Regiment, Franc, girl friend, Jimmie, La Verne Woods, London [Ontario], military leave, Onnellee [Reive], Peggy, prisoners, sister, Sweet Caporal Tobacco Co., United Kingdom, Wilfred

“It isn’t so bad over here if my relatives & friends were here & if tobacco’s & razor blades & other necessities wer’nt so high in price.”
Artifact 1940-07-20-b – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Mar 16, 2020

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January 22, 2022

in 1940, Burns Bros., Camp Borden, Canada, Canteen, Frances Newman, Glen Piper, Halifax, La Verne Woods (née Manchester), Letter, Nova Scotia, Peggy, Ruthven

Base P.O., Burns Bros., Camp Borden, canteen, decks, Essex Scottish Regiment, Franc, friend, German prisoners, Glen Piper, Halifax, La Verne Woods [née Manchester], Nova Scotia, officers, parade, Peggy, refugees, route march, ship, sister, the city

“I have saw quite a number of refugees & also german prisoners.”