Letter to Les Pickford from Mrs EW Pepper
Title
Letter to Les Pickford from Mrs EW Pepper
Description
She thanks Les for speaking so nicely about her late son, Les' pilot. She hopes he will write to her.
Creator
Date
1941-12-28
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
One double sided handwritten sheet
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Contributor
Identifier
EPepperGLPickfordL411228-0001, EPepperGLPickfordL411228-0002
Transcription
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Roslyn
King Henrys Road.
Lewes
Sussex
28th Dec. 1941
Dear Sergt. Pickford
Your mother has very kindly sent me your address as I wished to send you a few lines to thank you for having spoken so nicely of my dear son Act. Wing Cmdr. Pepper who was your pilot. It has been a very great blow to me to hear that he was killed. I will be most grateful to you if you can give me any particulars of the last you saw of him? When I heard from your Mother that you had been saved I
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hoped and prayed that my darling son had been saved too, but I have heard now from the Air Ministry that there is no hope of him being alive. I hope you are well & that you have made some friends. I'm sure its a great joy to your Mother to get letters from you. I'd like to send you a parcel at times but I believe we are not allowed to do so. I hope I shall have an opportunity of meeting you when you are all home again. My son always thought so much of his crew. With best wishes for the New Year. I do hope you will write when you are able to.
Yours sincerely
G.L. Pepper
Roslyn
King Henrys Road.
Lewes
Sussex
28th Dec. 1941
Dear Sergt. Pickford
Your mother has very kindly sent me your address as I wished to send you a few lines to thank you for having spoken so nicely of my dear son Act. Wing Cmdr. Pepper who was your pilot. It has been a very great blow to me to hear that he was killed. I will be most grateful to you if you can give me any particulars of the last you saw of him? When I heard from your Mother that you had been saved I
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hoped and prayed that my darling son had been saved too, but I have heard now from the Air Ministry that there is no hope of him being alive. I hope you are well & that you have made some friends. I'm sure its a great joy to your Mother to get letters from you. I'd like to send you a parcel at times but I believe we are not allowed to do so. I hope I shall have an opportunity of meeting you when you are all home again. My son always thought so much of his crew. With best wishes for the New Year. I do hope you will write when you are able to.
Yours sincerely
G.L. Pepper
Collection
Citation
Mrs EW Pepper, “Letter to Les Pickford from Mrs EW Pepper,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed July 21, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42101.