Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Title
Letter from Les Pickford to his mother
Description
He asks for a razor and letters via the Red Cross. He is well but its been raining a lot.
Creator
Date
1941-07-30
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Language
Format
One handwritten sheet
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Contributor
Identifier
EPickfordLPickfordA410730
Transcription
30/7/41
551653 Sgt. Pickford. L.
P.G. Campo
Prato All’Isarc[missing letter]
Bolgano
Italy
[crest] CROCE ROSSA
ITALIANA
[rubber stamp]
Dear Ma,
Will you Please send me a razor. If you have had my own kit sent to you send my Rolls Razor as Blades are hard to get. You want to send your Letters by Air Mail the Red Cross People will tell you all about it. I can receive any amount of mail though I can only write two each week. One to you and one to London. We are doing Very well here. We have just Received our second Red cross Parcel which we always look forward to and fifty Players cigs. We get thirty five Italian cigs each week but they’re not like English cigs. I hope you are all as well as I am at present. Many of the Boys here are Receiving Letters from home and I’m looking forward to my first letter to know how you are. It has Rained nearly all week here so far, And its stopped our concerts. I must close now.
Lots of Love
Leslie
(105151) Roma, 1941 -XIX – Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato – G.C. (Copie 30,000)
PS Send me a [underlined] fountain [/underlined] Pen.
551653 Sgt. Pickford. L.
P.G. Campo
Prato All’Isarc[missing letter]
Bolgano
Italy
[crest] CROCE ROSSA
ITALIANA
[rubber stamp]
Dear Ma,
Will you Please send me a razor. If you have had my own kit sent to you send my Rolls Razor as Blades are hard to get. You want to send your Letters by Air Mail the Red Cross People will tell you all about it. I can receive any amount of mail though I can only write two each week. One to you and one to London. We are doing Very well here. We have just Received our second Red cross Parcel which we always look forward to and fifty Players cigs. We get thirty five Italian cigs each week but they’re not like English cigs. I hope you are all as well as I am at present. Many of the Boys here are Receiving Letters from home and I’m looking forward to my first letter to know how you are. It has Rained nearly all week here so far, And its stopped our concerts. I must close now.
Lots of Love
Leslie
(105151) Roma, 1941 -XIX – Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato – G.C. (Copie 30,000)
PS Send me a [underlined] fountain [/underlined] Pen.
Collection
Citation
Leslie Pickford, “Letter from Les Pickford to his mother,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed January 18, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42534.