Murdoch Munro Collection (1914-1919)
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C/O Capt Mackenzie
awLO Le Havre
Dear Mary,
I am a long time indeed in answering your letter & the cap you sent me. Well I must say I was a bit of a noodle, never give you the size and henceforth it is much too big for me and really I don't think it can be helped. I am going to keep it until I go home or leave or try and get it exchanged, which perhaps you would be able to do in the interval It is really a pity as it is a nice cap. I would probably have been on leave by now only it has been stopped since a week or so and no word of it beginning again hard luck is'nt it. We have left the big house at last and I was very sorry as I lost my good bed and many other comforts I am back again at the Police Barracks not very sweet I can tell you as we have snow & plenty cold just now. I hope to get some news from you soon so aurevoir
Love from Dodo
Letter information
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WW1 letter from LC Murdoch Munro to Nurse Munro,undated, YMCA, LeHavre, Police Barracks, c.1915-1916
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LET_c191516YMCA
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Munro, Murdoch (1895-1961)
World War, 1914-1918 War work Young Men’s Christian Associations
letter
Murdoch mentions the glengarry and that it is too big. He mentions having left the big house and being back at the barracks, and is sorry losing a good bed and other comforts. 1 item (2 pages). Good condition with slight foxing and discoloration.
Producer inscription: Y.M.C.A. On Active Service with the British Expeditionary Force
1915
1915-1916
Le Havre (France)
Barracks;
Great Britain. Army. Seaforth Highlanders;
Glengarries (bonnets (Scottish caps);
Personal correspondence;
World War, 1914-1918--France;
World War, 1914-1918 War work Young Men’s Christian associations
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ENV_c191516YMCA
en-GB
20.1 cm (height) x
12.7 cm (width)
Scottish
black ink on paper
handwriting
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Murdoch Munro Collection