Letter from Fred Belch to Mrs Ellis
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Letter from Fred Belch to Mrs Ellis
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Writes of his recent activities. Says he had not heard from Lewis for months.
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Two page handwritten letter
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EBelchFEllisH44XXXX-01
Transcription
10590844 CFN BELCH. F.
1ST ASSAULT TROOPS WORKSHOPS,
R.E.M.E.,
HOME FORCES.
Tuesday
Dear Mrs Ellis,
Just a few lines to thank you for your card. My mother posted it on to me last week. I’m afraid I wasn’t as lucky as your Lewis as I could get home. I spent my birthday having inoculation and doing a guard. However I made up for that last Thursday night when I went out and got soaked for the first time in my life. Believe me I didn’t think it was worth it on Friday morning.
I don’t know what has happened to your Lewis but I
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haven’t heard from him for months, Could you please write and ask him to drop me a line.
As you can see from my address I have left my London home. I have been back here three weeks now. I thought I would have been home by now but I’ve given up the thought of leave for a while. If I do get it it [sic] will be a pleasant surprise.
Well I think that’s all for just now, Remember me to everyone over there.
Cheerio for now
Fred
[indecipherable word]
1ST ASSAULT TROOPS WORKSHOPS,
R.E.M.E.,
HOME FORCES.
Tuesday
Dear Mrs Ellis,
Just a few lines to thank you for your card. My mother posted it on to me last week. I’m afraid I wasn’t as lucky as your Lewis as I could get home. I spent my birthday having inoculation and doing a guard. However I made up for that last Thursday night when I went out and got soaked for the first time in my life. Believe me I didn’t think it was worth it on Friday morning.
I don’t know what has happened to your Lewis but I
[page break]
haven’t heard from him for months, Could you please write and ask him to drop me a line.
As you can see from my address I have left my London home. I have been back here three weeks now. I thought I would have been home by now but I’ve given up the thought of leave for a while. If I do get it it [sic] will be a pleasant surprise.
Well I think that’s all for just now, Remember me to everyone over there.
Cheerio for now
Fred
[indecipherable word]
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F Belch, “Letter from Fred Belch to Mrs Ellis,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 17, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42081.