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