Dreams of Things That Were

The Wartime Correspondence of Harry William Manchester

Tag: Hospital

Artifact 1940-10-26 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Jan 3, 2022

Last Modified:

January 15, 2023

in 1940, Aldershot, Gladys, Letter, Military Police, Miscellaneous, Pat Burling

Air Raid, Gladys, Glen, Hospital, hospitalization, Johnny Burns, laundry, pallbearer, Pat Burling, Pat Burlings' death, Winchester [UK]

“I suppose by the time you receive this letter. You’ll have heard about Pat Burling”
Artifact 1940-09-24 – Letter to Miss La Verne Woods

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Editor One

Apr 26, 2020

Last Modified:

January 22, 2022

in 1940, Aldershot, Auxiliary Territorial Service (A.T.S.), Canada, England, Frances Newman, George Woods, Highland Park, Jimmie Woods, Letter, London, Michigan, Military Police, Ontario, Pearl, Pearl’s Cousin, United Kingdom, United States, Windsor

ambulance drivers, Auxiliary Territorial Service (A.T.S.), bomb damage, cooks, Eleanor, George Woods, girl from London, Grace Hospital, Hospital, ironing, Jimmie [Woods], laundry, Military Police, nurses, Packard [Automobile], Pearl, Pearl's cousin, Woods family

“I never saw so much military work done in my life before & I hope I never see it again”
Artifact 1940-09-20 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Apr 26, 2020

Last Modified:

January 22, 2022

in 1940, Aldershot, Canada, England, Essex Scottish Regiment, Frances Newman, Gladys, La Verne Woods (née Manchester), Letter, Military Police, Ruthven, United Kingdom, United States

Aldershot, Canada, cigarettes, dinner, Doublemint Gum, England, Gladys, grain, Hospital, La Verne, London, major, on duty, Peggy, Pipe Tobacco, police, Regiment, scheme, Sgt. [Sergeant], souvineirs, United Kingdom

“The boys that don’t smoke pipes use the same kind of tobacco & roll the butts into another cigarette. There is very little tobacco wasted over here.”