Letter to Tony Barralet's Parents from Melville Carson

Letter to Tony Barralet's Parents from Melville Carson

He describes being with Tony at Stalag III and after the Long March.

1945-05-07

One double sided handwritten sheet

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c/o Mrs MacLeod
54 Glasserton Road
Newlands
Glasgow

7th May 1945

Dear Mr & Mrs Barralet,

I am afraid you will not know me, but I have known Tony since the summer of 1942 when I first moved into his room in The East Compound at Stalag Luft III.

We moved to Marlag Nord, N.E. of Bremen at the end of January & with the approach of the British forces the camp was again moved to Lubeck on the 10th of April. I myself was in sick quarters at the time & was left behind & was liberated on the 27th. I arrived in this country on the 4th.

When I last saw Tony [inserted] (9th April) [/inserted] he was looking well & as far as I know he reached Lubeck safely, this camp was liberated a few days ago although I personally have not noticed any official announcement in the papers. In my case, there was a time lag of about a week from the time I was freed until my aunt heard, - so please don’t worry if you don’t hear from Tony for quite some time yet

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Yours very sincerely

[underlined] Melville Carson. [/underlined]