Letter from Lewis Ellis to his mother and father

Letter from Lewis Ellis to his mother and father

Was now at Moncton and would probably be on his way home soon. Writes about previous leave in Toronto. When he returned after a three day journey to Paulson, he discovered he was posted to Moncton. mentions meeting lots of acquaintances and catching up on news of them as well as bumping into one downtown.

1943-09-02

Three page handwritten letter and envelope

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[postage stamp] [postmark SP 2 43]

[inserted] 9/43 [/inserted]

Mrs H Ellis
54, Wulfric Rd.,
Manor
Sheffield. 2.
England.

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[Royal Air Force Crest]

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[Royal Air Force Crest]

TRANSIENT SERGEANTS’ MESS
NO. 31 ROYAL AIR FORCE DEPOT
MONCTON, N. B., CANADA

Sgt. E L Ellis
31 RAF Depot
Moncton

Dear Mam & Dad,

As you will see from the address I am now at Moncton once again so it looks as if I shall be home shortly.

In my last letter I think I told you I was going on leave to Toronto. Well I went there and as I got to know a [sic] army captain on the train I spent most of my time at his home and had a really swell time.

While I was down there I went to Goderich where Harald [sic] Stevenson is station [sic] and you can guess he was very surprised to see me. We had quite a lot to talk over and Hats seemed to speak with a marked Sheffield accent.

After leaving Goderich I had another two days in Toronto and then I returned to Paulson, a journey which took me almost three days.

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I arrived in Paulson on a Tuesday morning and the first thing I heard was that I had been posted to Moncton and the other boys had left the previous evening. I was very pleasantly surprised and I had a hectic day on Tuesday packing and saying “Good bye” but I managed to catch the evening train and had to travel the whole way back east again, so you see I covered quite a distance in the last few weeks.

Since I have been here I have met quite a few fellows I knew at High Storrs and from them I have lerned [sic] where a lot of the other boys are but [deleted] the [/deleted] last night I [deleted] got [/deleted] [inserted] was [/inserted] really shaken when I bumbed [sic] into old Plumb on the main street in Moncton. Its really funny the guys you meet in strange places.

Yesterday one of our boys received a letter from Paulson and it appears Greene, who went home a few months ago, has been killed in England but I do not know how it happened as he was quite a good pilot

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I think that is about all for now so I shall now turn in.

See you shortly probably before you get this letter.

Your loving son

Lewis