Murdoch Munro Collection (1914-1919)
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C/O Capt Mackenzie
AMLO
APO S4 France 5/7/15
Dear Mary,
I received your letter or rather Nurse MD's yesterday morning. She must be a very kind & considerate girl to help you out of such a difficult task. I hope to meet her sometime or perhaps I may see you before long but I don't know yet but I am going to try at anyrate. I will let you know if anything comes off. You never said anything about the shoulder plates I hope you have not forgotten them. Send them on as soon as you can & mind if you get half a sovereign on the street that you will send me on some cigs I only get 5 francs a week (4/2) & one of these is paid for extras in food and the rest does not take longto disappear. We have terrible warm weather just now & they say it is the same at home. It will soon harm the crop unless rain soon comes. Did you ever go to see Wm Munros widow in Dingwall? I wonder if Alick came out here again. It must be very hard on Lady Fowles [?]. There is a long time since a military funeral was in Lochbroom before I have two officers to look after now & I am kept more on the move I was out the country today for a ride on a big cavalry horse & I enjoyed it immensly. The saddle felt strange at first but I soon got into the way of it. See if you can manage to write now before long & mind the plates & photo
With love from your brother
This is for your friend
Dear Nurse MD,
Thank you very much for writing such a nice letter. You should give Mary some lessons in letter writing. It is very warm here & I am jolly glad I am out of the trenches. I hope to see you sometime & will be very pleased to have your photo just now. Be good now
With kind regards from Dodo
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WW1 letter from LC Murdoch Munro to Miss Mary C Munro and Nurse MD, dated 5th July 1915
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LET_19150705
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Munro, Murdoch (1895-1961)
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Murdoch writes to both Mary and Nurse MD. He mentions needing the shoulder plates again, and also cigs (cigarettes). It has been very warm and he mentions how it is the same at home and it may harm the crops. Murdoch mentions Lady Fowles, a military funeral, and looking after two officers. He also mentions riding on a cavalry horse. 1 item (4 pages). I leaf has been folded to create four pages. Slight foxing.
1915-07-05
Calais (France)
Cavalry horses;
Great Britain. Army. Seaforth Highlanders;
Fowles, Lady;
Munro, Murdoch, 1895-1961;
Personal correspondence;
World War, 1914-1918--France
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ENV_19150706
en-GB
16.2 cm (height) x
21.7 cm (width)
Scottish
graphite pencil on paper
handwriting
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Murdoch Munro Collection