Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Title
Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Description
Only one letter received this week. He is playing a lot of sport. Despite straining a leg muscle he is in good health.
Creator
Date
1943-06-29
Temporal Coverage
Spatial Coverage
Coverage
Format
One double sided printed sheet with handwritten annotations
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
EPickfordLPickfordA430629-0001, EPickfordLPickfordA430629-0002
Transcription
29 GIU 1943
Dear Ma, The only mail received this week was a letter from Finsbury Park. All is well here, I am indulging in any sport I can get into My team “The Gash” are top of the “b” league cricket and have played and won two games we are high Up in the fourth Division Pass ball being in The Queens,’ This team has Played three and won two and drew the remaining one. I strained a leg muscle at Pass ball and was unable to turn out for my Room football team the First week I’ve missed in many. Bill is Rather despondent about his lack of mail. He has only had about a Dozen since capture. Commencing tomorrow “Monday” we each draw a New Zealand Parcel in place of the usual English. It is a change we are looking forward to. Did you write to Air Ministry Re my Accounts etc. if not do so as soon as you are in Receipt of this letter, and forward result to me. I am in good Health and Spirits Hoping all at Home are ditto. Your Loving Son Leslie
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[inserted] received Aug 6th 43 [/inserted]
[hidden number]
[crest]
[underlined] Posta di prigioniero di guerra [/underlined] [rubber stamp] [rubber stamp]
By AIR MAIL. VIA – ROMA – LISBON.
AI Mrs Annie Pickford.
41, Broadlea Road. Kingsway.
Burnage Manchester 19. Lanc’s.
England.
Non scrivete su questa facciata
Do not write on this side
N’écrivez pas sur ce côté
[rubber stamp]
Mittente: Casalo, nome e grado PICKFORD
[rubber stamp]
Sender: Surname, name and rank LESLIE
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom et grade SGT. 551653
Campo P.G.78. P.M.3300 ITALIA.
[rubber stamp] [rubber stamp]
Dear Ma, The only mail received this week was a letter from Finsbury Park. All is well here, I am indulging in any sport I can get into My team “The Gash” are top of the “b” league cricket and have played and won two games we are high Up in the fourth Division Pass ball being in The Queens,’ This team has Played three and won two and drew the remaining one. I strained a leg muscle at Pass ball and was unable to turn out for my Room football team the First week I’ve missed in many. Bill is Rather despondent about his lack of mail. He has only had about a Dozen since capture. Commencing tomorrow “Monday” we each draw a New Zealand Parcel in place of the usual English. It is a change we are looking forward to. Did you write to Air Ministry Re my Accounts etc. if not do so as soon as you are in Receipt of this letter, and forward result to me. I am in good Health and Spirits Hoping all at Home are ditto. Your Loving Son Leslie
[page break]
[inserted] received Aug 6th 43 [/inserted]
[hidden number]
[crest]
[underlined] Posta di prigioniero di guerra [/underlined] [rubber stamp] [rubber stamp]
By AIR MAIL. VIA – ROMA – LISBON.
AI Mrs Annie Pickford.
41, Broadlea Road. Kingsway.
Burnage Manchester 19. Lanc’s.
England.
Non scrivete su questa facciata
Do not write on this side
N’écrivez pas sur ce côté
[rubber stamp]
Mittente: Casalo, nome e grado PICKFORD
[rubber stamp]
Sender: Surname, name and rank LESLIE
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom et grade SGT. 551653
Campo P.G.78. P.M.3300 ITALIA.
[rubber stamp] [rubber stamp]
Collection
Citation
Leslie Pickford, “Letter from Les Pickford to his mother,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42390.