A collection of letters from Pte Dick Armer to his wife Mabel who he frequently referred to as "Dear old girl". His three children were Billie, Marjorie and Dorothy who was born while he was away. Dick had promised to "write every day" and, with few exceptions, kept his promise. The letters were written during WW1 from Camp Borden in Canada, on the train to Halifax, on board ship to England, from Witley Camp and France. Scroll to the bottom of the entry and click on comments to leave a message
Next letter 8th of August 1916
I wonder if I shall get home in time to have some more corn
The 135th expect to leave Friday
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Tuesday Morning 1 Aug 1916
I'm going on drill now.
Dick doesn't finish the letter on the 31st, but starts the letter of the 1st of August on the next page. See you tomorrow....
Thanks for the 1005 page hits since July 9th
Next Letter 31st of July 1916.
Thought everyone might like to see Dick in uniform. Back row first on left.
If anyone can identify the other soldiers, please let us know and we'll publish their names too.
I'm afraid I make a poor soldier. I am disgusted with myself.
A lot of them left on farm leave for a month
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