Dreams of Things That Were

The Wartime Correspondence of Harry William Manchester

Tag: London

Artifact 1940-09-20 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Apr 26, 2020

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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.”
Artifact 1940-09-13 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Apr 26, 2020

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January 22, 2022

in 1940, Aldershot, Aunt Clara, Dot [Dorothy] Sweetman, Elton Newman, Gladys, Letter, London, Onnellee Reive, Pearl, Rita [Pearl’s sister], Ruthven

Air Raid, Aldershot, Aunt Clara, Brigade H.Q., C.B., cigarettes, Colonel, convoy, cows, Detention, Dot, Elton, England, First Div[ision], fruit cake, Kiddies, London, machine gun, major, motorcycle, Onn[ellee], Pearl, Regiment, Rita, sniper, United Kingdom

“We had an air raid first thing this morn. to start the day off. It seemed so funny yesterday We didn’t have on raid all day long.”
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.”