Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Title
Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Description
He has had several letters. Half of his message is censored.
Creator
Date
1942-03-24
Temporal Coverage
Spatial Coverage
Coverage
Format
One double sided printed sheet with handwritten annotations
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
EPickfordLPickfordA420324-0001, EPickfordLPickfordA420324-0002, EPickfordLPickfordA420324-0003, EPickfordLPickfordA420324-0004
Transcription
24 March 42
Dear Ma,
I had a letter from Mrs Pepper last Sat and wrote my last letter to her, I hope you don’t mind. I had a letter from you tues, and one from winnie the Previous frid. She tells me I am a Flight Sgt. Have you got my extra allotment yet. [censored] Please Remember me to all my friends, tell norman to drop me a line. have you been to see Mrs Kenny yet at Hyde. I hope you and all at home are in the Same Good health as [missing words] not as Hungry
[missing word] Son
[partial stamp] [stamp]
[page break]
Non scrivete su questa facciata.
Do not write on this side.
N’ ecrivez pas sur ce côté.
Mittente: Casato, nome e grado PICKFORD LESLIE
Sender: Surname, name and rank SGT. 551653
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom et grade campo concentramento 78
Campo Posta Millitare 3300 Italia
[page break]
[partial stamp] [underlined] PICKFORD [/underlined] LESLIE SGT 551653.
[Ink stamp]
[page break]
[postal crest]
[underlined] Posta di prigioniero di guerra [/underlined] [postmark]
By Air Mail
Al Mrs A. Pickford
41 Broadlea Road Kingsway
Manchester Lanc’s
England
[page break]
24 March 42
Dear Ma,
I had a letter from Mrs Pepper last Sat and wrote my last letter to her, I hope you don’t mind. I had a letter from you tues, and one from winnie the Previous frid. She tells me I am a Flight Sgt. Have you got my extra allotment yet.
[censored]
Please Remember me to all my friends, tell norman to drop me a line. have you been to see Mrs Kenny yet at Hyde. I hope you and all at home are in the Same Good health as I am in but not as Hungry
your Loving Son
Leslie
511888
Dear Ma,
I had a letter from Mrs Pepper last Sat and wrote my last letter to her, I hope you don’t mind. I had a letter from you tues, and one from winnie the Previous frid. She tells me I am a Flight Sgt. Have you got my extra allotment yet. [censored] Please Remember me to all my friends, tell norman to drop me a line. have you been to see Mrs Kenny yet at Hyde. I hope you and all at home are in the Same Good health as [missing words] not as Hungry
[missing word] Son
[partial stamp] [stamp]
[page break]
Non scrivete su questa facciata.
Do not write on this side.
N’ ecrivez pas sur ce côté.
Mittente: Casato, nome e grado PICKFORD LESLIE
Sender: Surname, name and rank SGT. 551653
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom et grade campo concentramento 78
Campo Posta Millitare 3300 Italia
[page break]
[partial stamp] [underlined] PICKFORD [/underlined] LESLIE SGT 551653.
[Ink stamp]
[page break]
[postal crest]
[underlined] Posta di prigioniero di guerra [/underlined] [postmark]
By Air Mail
Al Mrs A. Pickford
41 Broadlea Road Kingsway
Manchester Lanc’s
England
[page break]
24 March 42
Dear Ma,
I had a letter from Mrs Pepper last Sat and wrote my last letter to her, I hope you don’t mind. I had a letter from you tues, and one from winnie the Previous frid. She tells me I am a Flight Sgt. Have you got my extra allotment yet.
[censored]
Please Remember me to all my friends, tell norman to drop me a line. have you been to see Mrs Kenny yet at Hyde. I hope you and all at home are in the Same Good health as I am in but not as Hungry
your Loving Son
Leslie
511888
Collection
Citation
Leslie Pickford, “Letter from Les Pickford to his mother,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 21, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42213.