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


