Letter to Mrs Ellis from Elizabeth Ballard
Title
Letter to Mrs Ellis from Elizabeth Ballard
Description
Writes that she saw her son in Chicago while he was on leave from training in Canada. Is complementary about the RAF. Says her son is looking fit and well and commiserates mothers separated from sons.
Creator
Date
1942-09-20
Temporal Coverage
Spatial Coverage
Language
Format
Two page handwritten letter and envelope
Publisher
Rights
This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Contributor
Identifier
EBallardEllisH420920
Transcription
[postage stamps] [postmark SEP 30 4.30PM 1942]
EXAMINER 7177
Mrs. H. E. Ellis
54 Wulfrick Road
Manor Sheffield II
Yorkshire
England
[page break]
SIX KENT ROAD
HUBBARD WOOD, ILLINOIS
51-2103 – G.W.D. P.C. 90
OPENED BY
[page break]
September 20th
SIX KENT ROAD
HUBBARD WOOD, ILLINOIS
My dear Mrs Ellis –
It may seem strange to have a letter from a stranger but I want to tell you that I saw your son today. He is here in Chicago on leave from his teaching in Canada. We all feel flattered when the R.A.F. boys want to come over to the States for their leave and we hope they like us as much as we like them. They certainly are a wonderful group of picked young men.
[page break]
Your boy came out here to the suburbs for Sunday dinner, and the point of this letter is to tell you that he is looking splendidly well and fit. I thought it might be a comfort to hear about him from another Mother.
I have two sons and a son in law in the service myself but I have not been very far separated from them yet, although I fear that will come too.
With best wishes for good luck for you and yours in these dangerous times and victory soon for us all
Very sincerely yours
Elizabeth D. Ballard
(Mrs Ernest S. Ballard)
EXAMINER 7177
Mrs. H. E. Ellis
54 Wulfrick Road
Manor Sheffield II
Yorkshire
England
[page break]
SIX KENT ROAD
HUBBARD WOOD, ILLINOIS
51-2103 – G.W.D. P.C. 90
OPENED BY
[page break]
September 20th
SIX KENT ROAD
HUBBARD WOOD, ILLINOIS
My dear Mrs Ellis –
It may seem strange to have a letter from a stranger but I want to tell you that I saw your son today. He is here in Chicago on leave from his teaching in Canada. We all feel flattered when the R.A.F. boys want to come over to the States for their leave and we hope they like us as much as we like them. They certainly are a wonderful group of picked young men.
[page break]
Your boy came out here to the suburbs for Sunday dinner, and the point of this letter is to tell you that he is looking splendidly well and fit. I thought it might be a comfort to hear about him from another Mother.
I have two sons and a son in law in the service myself but I have not been very far separated from them yet, although I fear that will come too.
With best wishes for good luck for you and yours in these dangerous times and victory soon for us all
Very sincerely yours
Elizabeth D. Ballard
(Mrs Ernest S. Ballard)
Collection
Citation
E Ballard, “Letter to Mrs Ellis from Elizabeth Ballard,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed February 7, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42826.