Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Title
Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Description
He has written to Mrs Pepper. He celebrated his 23rd birthday by eating a whole Red Cross parcel with Bill. He has been playing cricket.
Creator
Date
1943-06-08
Temporal Coverage
Spatial Coverage
Coverage
Format
One double sided printed sheet with handwritten annotations
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Contributor
Identifier
EPickfordLPickfordA430608-0001, EPickfordLPickfordA430608-0002, EPickfordLPickfordA430608-0003
Transcription
8 GUI 1943
XXII
Dear Ma, Last Sun I wrote my letter to Mrs Pepper. Hoping you don’t mind. We didn’t get any cards on Wed so you’ve been a week without any word from me. I was twenty three last tues week as you know. Bill and I scoffed a whole Red cross Parcel that day to celebrate for supper we had; one tin Bacon one tin Dogs, one tin egg flakes ) equal to five eggs, followed by a Pound currant Pudding and a tin of creamed Rice each. It was a real gorge. We went to bed full for the first time since Xmas. The following three days however we lived on Rations Bust, which is’nt so hot. The weather here is Glorious, the Sun Burns white hot from a Sky of dark Blue. Winnie has been here every day for weeks now. Aurther George is O.K. and Bill. Cricket has Promoted a keen Rivalry between Rooms and compounds and Some excelent [sic] Games are witnessed. I play for my Room and have’nt made a duck out of 10 games I am O.K. Your Loving Son Leslie.
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[inserted] 46 [/inserted]
[crest] [underlined] Posta di prigioniero di guerra [/underlined]
BY AIR MAIL. VIA – ROMA – LISBON.
[rubber stamp] [rubber stamp]
AI Mrs Annie Pickford.
41 Broadlea Road. Kingsway
Burnage Manchester 19. Lanc’s
England.
S.A. “Etruria” Roma – Ord. S4S del 23 – 1 – 43 – XXI
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[rubber stamp]
Non scrivete su questa facciata
Do not write on this side
N’écrivez pas sur ce côté
Mittente: Casato, nome e grado PICKFORD.
Sender: Surname, name and rank LESLIE.
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom et grade SGT. 551653
Camp P.G. 78. P.M. 3300 ITALIA.
[inserted] Received July 10th/43 [/inserted]
XXII
Dear Ma, Last Sun I wrote my letter to Mrs Pepper. Hoping you don’t mind. We didn’t get any cards on Wed so you’ve been a week without any word from me. I was twenty three last tues week as you know. Bill and I scoffed a whole Red cross Parcel that day to celebrate for supper we had; one tin Bacon one tin Dogs, one tin egg flakes ) equal to five eggs, followed by a Pound currant Pudding and a tin of creamed Rice each. It was a real gorge. We went to bed full for the first time since Xmas. The following three days however we lived on Rations Bust, which is’nt so hot. The weather here is Glorious, the Sun Burns white hot from a Sky of dark Blue. Winnie has been here every day for weeks now. Aurther George is O.K. and Bill. Cricket has Promoted a keen Rivalry between Rooms and compounds and Some excelent [sic] Games are witnessed. I play for my Room and have’nt made a duck out of 10 games I am O.K. Your Loving Son Leslie.
[page break]
[inserted] 46 [/inserted]
[crest] [underlined] Posta di prigioniero di guerra [/underlined]
BY AIR MAIL. VIA – ROMA – LISBON.
[rubber stamp] [rubber stamp]
AI Mrs Annie Pickford.
41 Broadlea Road. Kingsway
Burnage Manchester 19. Lanc’s
England.
S.A. “Etruria” Roma – Ord. S4S del 23 – 1 – 43 – XXI
[page break]
[rubber stamp]
Non scrivete su questa facciata
Do not write on this side
N’écrivez pas sur ce côté
Mittente: Casato, nome e grado PICKFORD.
Sender: Surname, name and rank LESLIE.
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom et grade SGT. 551653
Camp P.G. 78. P.M. 3300 ITALIA.
[inserted] Received July 10th/43 [/inserted]
Collection
Citation
Leslie Pickford, “Letter from Les Pickford to his mother,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed November 17, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42386.