Stan and Grace

Usual address Monday, April 5 th , 1943                                                                             8. My Very Own Darling, I have just finished replying to your Vera’s letter & thought I would just pen a few lines to you while I have the time.   One never knows now from one minute to the other what one is doing, so one has to take every opportunity of fitting in letter writing. In Vera’s letter I have just described my present surroundings.   Above is a beautiful blue sky with a hot sun beating down & making all the surrounding countryside shimmer in the heat.   It is mak...

General Hospital Annexe,                                                                        No. 11 Selston Notts. 2. 4. 43         My Own Darling, As I write this letter – number eleven – I am wondering how many of my previous letters you have received. According to the last letter I had from you, only two had reached you.   I sincerely hope that you have received one or two more or you might think that I have forgotten all about you. I know of course that you will not think that really as you know that is impossible – now – don’t you Darling? So far, I have received your first four letters so ...

2364226 Sergt S. Bristow                                                                                       8. Headquarters 9 Corps Signals (Rear) British North African Forces Friday April 2 nd . 1943 My Own Darling, I wrote a ten page letter to you a couple of nights ago and sent it by ordinary mail, so I thought just to let you get a letter pretty quickly, I would write this air letter as well.   By this method you will get the news that I am still missing you so much and looking forward to the time when we shall be together again, much quicker. ...