Stan and Grace

To:  Miss Grace Skuse General Hospital Annexe   Selston Near Nottingham  England      Sender’s Address: UHQ 9 Corps Signals (Rear) BNAF  6 April, 1943   My Own Darling, I wrote an ordinary letter to you last night but I thought that it would lessen the gap between letters if I wrote this Airgraph too. Yes, it certainly makes me wish we had been able to go to the Nursing Association dance which you mention in your air letter.  So your parents went, too, did they.  They are getting to be quite night-rakes, aren’t they?  We have that dance to thank for a great deal of happiness, haven’t we? I wrote an air letter to Vera yesterday, and got a short airgraph from Mother, which made two letters from England this week. Am looking forward to receiving your latest photograph.  You can’t slip yourself in the envelope instead, can you? By the time you receive this I suppose it will be nearing Easter & your...

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. ...

General Hospital Annexe                                                                         (10) Selston Notts. 30. 3. 43     My Own Darling, I attempted to write this letter yesterday but owing to the noise in the sitting room and the very poor light in my bedroom I gave it up as hopeless.   As things are quieter this morning I decided to try again. I had a lovely surprise this morning.   I received your second letter.   With receiving your 3 rd and 4 th one I thought that I might not receive No. 2.   However, No. 2 has turned up – all but the lines at the end. I must admit I had a good l...

Sergt. S. Bristow                                                                                                7. 2364226 Headquarters 9 Corps Signals (Rear) B.N.A.F. Monday 29 March 1943 My Own Darling Grace, I feel twice the man to-day as I felt a few days ago, my dear!   The reason?   Why, I received three letters from you yesterday!   You don’t realise what a thrill it gave me to read how you were & what you were doing.   I think the three weeks that have passed without a letter from you...

General Hospital Annexe                                                                                   (9) Selston Notts. 26. 3. 43        My Own Darling, As you will probably receive this letter before several of my previous ones I had better give you all the news in it. To begin with – I received your “Air Letter” on March 23 rd.   Good going was it not?   I hope this one reaches you as quickly. I had to send your last letter by ordinary mail – as yet there is no “Air Mail Service”.   However, we are quite lucky in being able to send th...