Letter to Tony Barralet's Father from Cresswell Clement

Letter to Tony Barralet's Father from Cresswell Clement

He refers to Tony's missing items and suggests he writes to an officer at Linton. He sends his best wishes.

1940-12-15

One double sided handwritten sheet

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OFFICERS’ MESS,
R.A.F. STATION
LINTON-ON-OUSE
YORK

Telephone: Tollerton 261

[underlined] 15.12.40. [/underlined]

Dear Mr Barralet,

There is an officer [inserted] P/O Simms, [/inserted] on this station who is responsible for all the personal effects of any [deleted] [indecipherable word] [/deleted] casualties. I was in his office this morning & there mentioned to him that I knew you had written to the C.O. regarding Tony’s things, but that I thought you had as yet had no answer. Simms was surprised by this as such correspondence is usually handed directly on to him and yet he had heard nothing regarding Tony. Therefore if you have not had any reply to your communication & if you have any queries regarding Tony’s possessions (which are being dealt with through the normal channels . . . i.e. – considerable red tape & delay but they should reach you safely in the end!!) I should advise you to write to
P/O G.H. Simms.
Officer in charge Travelling Committee of Adjustment
R.A.F. Linton-on-Ouse York.

[deleted] [three indecipherable words] pamphlet [/deleted] Simms told me of a pamphlet P. 2280 E concerning communication to

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prisoners of war. He advised me to direct your attention to it as it may be obtained from any head post office. He also said that if you can get hold of “The Times” of August 10th 1940 there is a useful article on the subject therein.

I wonder whether you have yet had a letter from Tony. We miss him very much & trust that 1941 may see him restored to you with all this beastly business past.

With best wishes to you & Mrs Barralet and trusting you will let me know if there is anything else I can do. Otherwise please don’t bother to acknowledge this letter.

Yours sincerely

[underlined] Cresswell Clement [/underlined]