Stan and Grace

G.H.N.                                                                                                                              (126) 10-5-44             10 p/m My Very Own Darling, I really wanted to write and post this letter earlier to-day but just as I was about to go off duty Casualty decided to send an acute Appendicitis up.   Not having a senior nurse to leave on I had to stay on duty myself.   Consequently I did not get to my room until 8.30 p/m ...

2364226 Sergt. S. Bristow Headquarters 15 L of C Signals Cen Med Forces                                                                            146. 9 May 44 My Very Own Darling, It is too good to be true!   Another letter from you yesterday which took only six days.   I shall never grumble at the APO again!! I see that like me you are counting the months as they pass. I do so wish the much talked about second front would start.   If we could get cracking in Europe it would be very encouraging wouldn’t it?    I hope that once our troops have landed on the continent it won’t be a l...

2364226                                   Sergt. S. Bristow Headquarters 15 L of C Signals                                                                                       144. Cen Med Forces 6 May 44 My Very Own Darling, It has been oppressively hot all today and I am just spending the last hour before turning in on the balcony of the Sergts’ Mess. The sky is as only a Mediterranean sky can be – a deep purple, bejewelled with hundreds of twinkling stars, while up over the whitewashed houses the moon is r...

G.H.N.                                                                                                               (125) 6-5-44 My Very Own Darling, I had just finished writing your letter yesterday when your parcel of almonds and “Yanks” arrived.   Thank you Darling.   They are delicious – especially the sugared almonds. As I shall not be going home for a few weeks I have parcelled half of them up to send to your Mother.   It is so good of you to keep sending me these things.   I ...

G.H.N                                                                       P.S.  Almonds have just arrived.  Will write                                                                                                                    again later. 4-5-44              ...

2364226 Sergt. S. Bristow Headquarters 15 L of C Signals                                                                  143. Cen Med Forces 4 May 44 My Very Own Darling, Your letter describing your two days at Grimethorpe arrived last night.   You certainly seemed to have had a really lazy time.   Fancy spending so long in bed!   Good to tell I wasn’t around to drag you out walking or on a trip to Leeds or Barnsley!!   You were never allowed to spend so much time in bed when I was at home – rather it was the other way round; I wouldn’t let you go to bed.   Remember all those heavenly nights & mornings, Darling? Your new cousin...