Stan and Grace

G.H.N.                                                   157 28.7.44 My own Darling, I received a letter from you yesterday which Vera had posted on to me.   Enclosed was another photograph.   Thank you for it Darling.   I think that it is quite good but not as good as the two previous ones. Everything is much the same here as when I last wrote you.   We have had one fresh lot of patients in but it has not made us too busy.   Sister has been in a very good mood since I returned which helps to make life much more pleasant. The weather too has improved I am very pleased to say as it is my week-end.   I have definitely decided not to go home for it. Last night was my evening off so a friend and I went to the...

2364226 Sergt. S. Bristow Headquarters 15 L of C Signals Cen. Med. Forces 27 Jul. 44                                                                             181. My Very Own Darling, I really am on top of the world!   The reason?   I’ve had two more letters from you to-day.   Four in three days is really just what the doctor ordered.   A grand tonic, Darling, especially when administered by such a charming nurse as yourself. I was happy to hear that you had received a couple of the “snaps” OK and that you thought they were OK.   I agree with you when you say that one of them...

2364226 Sergt. S. Bristow Headquarters 15 L of C Signals Cen. Med. Forces 26 Jul. 44                                                                             181. My Very Own Darling, Tonight I thought I would answer the second of the two letters which I received yesterday.   I haven’t any fresh news, but I think I can find enough to fill an air letter with.   Perhaps I shall have to fill up space by telling you how much I love you and how much you mean to me, but I am sure you won’t mind that, Darling, will you? Most of the letter was about your visit to your sister-in-law.   I f...

2364226 Sergt. S. Bristow Headquarters 15 L of C Signals Cen. Med. Forces 25 Jul. 44                                                                                            180. My Very Own Precious Darling, A wonderful thing happened this morning – the postman brought me no less than three letters & much to my delight two of them were from you.   So, as you can guess, I have been in high spirits today. What a difference your letters make to my dreary life, my Angel.   I can’t imagine how I should have carried on without them.   However low my mood is, a letter from you always cheers me up. And of course when it includes such thrilling news as that about your being busy sewing for our home, well it is really exciting...

G.H.N. 24.7.44                                                                                               (155) My Very Own Darling, Back again at the old G.H.N!   I arrived back at about 7.45 p/m yesterday feeling tired and dusty.    I then had to unpack and collect all my odds and ends of belongings that I had left with various people. Ivy then made a cup of tea, which was very much appreciated and I eventually retired to my bed at nearly midnight.   Needless to say I slept like a log after all the disturbed nights I had had with the baby. This ...

2364226 Sergt. S. Bristow Headquarters 15 L of C Signals Cen. Med. Forces 23 Jul. 44                                                                             179. My Very Own Darling, It’s been sweltering today, and now even though it is evening & I am sitting on my bed with only a short pair of pants on (a fine sight, too, I might tell you!), I am sweating like anything. Another Sunday has come and gone, Darling, and we are another week closer to our meeting.   Tonight I am in a really optimistic frame of mind, for although one cannot judge what’s actually happening in Germany at the presen...