Letter to Don Gray

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Title

Letter to Don Gray

Description

He offers congratulations to Don.

Creator

Date

1945-01-09

Temporal Coverage

Language

Format

One handwritten sheet and envelope

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Contributor

Identifier

EHaytonRGrayDA450109-0001, EHaytonRGrayDA450109-0002, EHaytonRGrayDA450109-0003

Transcription

[underlined] ON ACTIVE SERVICE: [/underlined]

[postmark]

D. A. Gray Esq;
"Oakgates"
Brass Road,
Hartford,
Cheshire,
[underlined] England. [/underlined]

[inserted] [underlined] HARTFORD [/underlined] [/inserted]

[RAF Censor Stamp]

[signature]

[page break]

1148943 [underlined] LAC [indecipherable name] E Sinclair BUXTON. [/underlined] RAF

[inserted] conceivable
conceiveable [sic] [/inserted]

[page break]

1148943 LAC [indecipherable name] E Sinclair Buxton.
6266 Echelon Squad
Royal Air Force
c/o B. G. Army.

Jan 9th, '45.

Dear Don,

Mail is sometimes indecently haphazard out here & I only learned of your decoration [indecipherable word] Sunday. Very heartiest congratulations and all that.

My Best [three indecipherable words] People.

Yours sincerely.

Ray. [inserted] [signature] [/inserted]

Belgium.

Citation

Ray, “Letter to Don Gray,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed November 11, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/40734.