Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Title
Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Description
Three letters received this week. They have been playing cricket.
Creator
Date
1943-08-17
Temporal Coverage
Spatial Coverage
Coverage
Format
One double sided printed sheet with handwritten annotations
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
EPickfordLPickfordA430817-0001, EPickfordLPickfordA430817-0002, EPickfordLPickfordA430817-0003
Transcription
17 AGO 1943
Dear Ma, I have been fortunate for mail this week, having received one letter from Winnie, one from London, and one from Flo sharpe. Everything is the same here, Events march by day by day with little or no visible change. Our team has won the first march and play in the second round of the knockout, seven a side, cricket contest. Bills team has done likewise. There games are fast and furious and supply the compound with an evening of good clean fun and sport. One Tuesday one of the Batsmen took a fearful swipe at a ley ball and forgot to hold on to his bat, which lodged on the roof of one of the Billetts [sic]. A small chap was boosted up and returned the bat O.K. but; returning himself O.K seemed to present certain difficulties. All the compound rallied round, each man shouting and offering advice and encouragement. A large blanket was finally brought into which the small chap jumped. He was well tossed for a few minutes after which the cricket was resumed. I am in good Health hoping you are ditto Your loving Son Leslie.
[indecipherable date]
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[inserted] received Sept 17th 43 [/inserted]
[inserted] 41/ [/inserted]
[logo] [underlined] Posta di prigioniero di Guerra [/underlined]
BY AIRMAIL VIA – ROMA – LISBON.
Al Mrs Annie Pickford.
41, Broadlea Road. Kingsway
Burnage. Manchester Lanc’s
England
S.A. “Etruria” Roma – Ord, 343 del 23 1 – [indecipherable letters] XXI
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[rubber stamp]
[rubber stamp]
Non scrivete su questa facciata
Do not write on this side
N ‘scrivez pas sur ce côté
Mittente: Casalo, nome e grado PICKFORD
Sender: Surname, name and rank LESLIE
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom et grade SGT. 551653
P.G.78: P.M.3300. ITALIA.
[rubber stamp]
Dear Ma, I have been fortunate for mail this week, having received one letter from Winnie, one from London, and one from Flo sharpe. Everything is the same here, Events march by day by day with little or no visible change. Our team has won the first march and play in the second round of the knockout, seven a side, cricket contest. Bills team has done likewise. There games are fast and furious and supply the compound with an evening of good clean fun and sport. One Tuesday one of the Batsmen took a fearful swipe at a ley ball and forgot to hold on to his bat, which lodged on the roof of one of the Billetts [sic]. A small chap was boosted up and returned the bat O.K. but; returning himself O.K seemed to present certain difficulties. All the compound rallied round, each man shouting and offering advice and encouragement. A large blanket was finally brought into which the small chap jumped. He was well tossed for a few minutes after which the cricket was resumed. I am in good Health hoping you are ditto Your loving Son Leslie.
[indecipherable date]
[page break]
[inserted] received Sept 17th 43 [/inserted]
[inserted] 41/ [/inserted]
[logo] [underlined] Posta di prigioniero di Guerra [/underlined]
BY AIRMAIL VIA – ROMA – LISBON.
Al Mrs Annie Pickford.
41, Broadlea Road. Kingsway
Burnage. Manchester Lanc’s
England
S.A. “Etruria” Roma – Ord, 343 del 23 1 – [indecipherable letters] XXI
[page break]
[rubber stamp]
[rubber stamp]
Non scrivete su questa facciata
Do not write on this side
N ‘scrivez pas sur ce côté
Mittente: Casalo, nome e grado PICKFORD
Sender: Surname, name and rank LESLIE
Expéditeur: Prénom, nom et grade SGT. 551653
P.G.78: P.M.3300. ITALIA.
[rubber stamp]
Collection
Citation
Leslie Pickford, “Letter from Les Pickford to his mother,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed May 11, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42399.