Letter to Les Pickford's Mother from Red Cross
Title
Letter to Les Pickford's Mother from Red Cross
Description
The letter expresses delight that Les has arrived safely in the UK.
Date
1943-11-19
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Spatial Coverage
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Format
One typewritten sheet
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Identifier
EThorntonEMPickfordA431119
Transcription
WAR ORGANISATION of the [missing letter]ED CROSS SOCIETY and ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM
BOK/VH
PRISONERS OF WAR DEPARTMENT.
[italics] Chairman: [/italics]
[emblem] MAJOR-GENERAL SIR RICHARD HOWARD-VYSE. K.C.M.G., D.S.O. [emblem]
[italics] Deputy Chairman: [/italics]
J. M. EDDY, C.B.E.
[italics] General Manager of Packing Centres: [/italics]
THE LORD REVELSTOKE
[italics] Directors: [/italics]
LT.-COL. M. W. BROWN, O.B.E.
MISS E. M. THORNTON, O.B.E.
TELEPHONE NO.: ABBEY 5841
[italics] When replying please quote reference [/italics]:- RAF/M 1203
ST. JAMES'S PALACE,
LONDON, S.W.1
19th November, 1943.
Mrs. Pickford,
41, Broadlea Road,
Kingsway,
Levenshulme, Manchester, 19.
Dear Mrs. Pickford,
re: [underlined] 551653 Sergeant L. Pickford [//underlined]
We are delighted to receive information from the Air Ministry that your son has arrived safe in this country having escaped from a Prisoner of War camp in Italy. We would be glad if you would give him our very hearty congratulations and hope that he is in good health. We can well understand how proud and glad you must be.
We know you will not mind us asking you to return the coupons which were issued to you for a next of kin parcel, as we have to account for them to the Board of Trade. If you have already used any of them, will you fill in the Coupon Account in the usual way and return if possible the bills for the articles purchased.
Yours sincerely,
p.p. E.M. THORNTON BOK
Director.
BOK/VH
PRISONERS OF WAR DEPARTMENT.
[italics] Chairman: [/italics]
[emblem] MAJOR-GENERAL SIR RICHARD HOWARD-VYSE. K.C.M.G., D.S.O. [emblem]
[italics] Deputy Chairman: [/italics]
J. M. EDDY, C.B.E.
[italics] General Manager of Packing Centres: [/italics]
THE LORD REVELSTOKE
[italics] Directors: [/italics]
LT.-COL. M. W. BROWN, O.B.E.
MISS E. M. THORNTON, O.B.E.
TELEPHONE NO.: ABBEY 5841
[italics] When replying please quote reference [/italics]:- RAF/M 1203
ST. JAMES'S PALACE,
LONDON, S.W.1
19th November, 1943.
Mrs. Pickford,
41, Broadlea Road,
Kingsway,
Levenshulme, Manchester, 19.
Dear Mrs. Pickford,
re: [underlined] 551653 Sergeant L. Pickford [//underlined]
We are delighted to receive information from the Air Ministry that your son has arrived safe in this country having escaped from a Prisoner of War camp in Italy. We would be glad if you would give him our very hearty congratulations and hope that he is in good health. We can well understand how proud and glad you must be.
We know you will not mind us asking you to return the coupons which were issued to you for a next of kin parcel, as we have to account for them to the Board of Trade. If you have already used any of them, will you fill in the Coupon Account in the usual way and return if possible the bills for the articles purchased.
Yours sincerely,
p.p. E.M. THORNTON BOK
Director.
Collection
Citation
British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem, “Letter to Les Pickford's Mother from Red Cross,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 13, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42547.