Letter from Lewis Ellis to his mother and father
![EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]440320.pdf](https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/fullsize/2101/43080/EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]440320.jpg "EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]440320.pdf")
Title
Letter from Lewis Ellis to his mother and father
Description
Mentions only receiving one letter from them. Writes that he had been working nights. Comments on recent dance. Mentions hitch hiking to Norwich on 24 hour pass going to cinema and staying in YMCA. Comments on food in Norwich.
Creator
Date
1944-03-20
Temporal Coverage
Spatial Coverage
Language
Format
Three 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
EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]440320
Transcription
[postage stamp] [postmark 20 MCH 1944]
Mrs H Ellis
54, Wulfric Rd.,
Manor
Sheffield 2.
Yorks.
[page break]
[blank page]
[page break]
1238597 F/S Ellis
c/o Sgts Mess
RAF Station
Coltishall
Norfolk
Dear Mam and Dad,
This is my third letter home but up to the present I have only had one reply, that was the one I got along with the parcel, so I have been wandering [sic] what was the matter.
Well I am still here and doing pretty much the same thing although I have
[page break]
been working one or two nights and I am on again to-night.
On Friday, St Patrick’s day, we had a dance in the Mess which I really enjoyed, I do not think I have seen so much liquor in one place before since I came back from Canada and some of the boys really got drunk but I was still able to walk home unassisted.
Yesterday I had a twenty-four pass so I hitch hiked into Norich [sic] as that is the
[page break]
only way you can get there on a Sunday. As the cinemas open on Sundays I had quite a good time but all the hotels were full so I had to sleep in the Y.M.C.A. I would not have minded only I had a room with two Yanks and only two blankets so it was pretty chilly. I came back at ten o’clock this morning on the bus and was I glad to get into the Mess for dinner. The cafés in Norich [sic] exist on beans and toast.
That all for now, reply soon
Your loving son,
Lewis
Mrs H Ellis
54, Wulfric Rd.,
Manor
Sheffield 2.
Yorks.
[page break]
[blank page]
[page break]
1238597 F/S Ellis
c/o Sgts Mess
RAF Station
Coltishall
Norfolk
Dear Mam and Dad,
This is my third letter home but up to the present I have only had one reply, that was the one I got along with the parcel, so I have been wandering [sic] what was the matter.
Well I am still here and doing pretty much the same thing although I have
[page break]
been working one or two nights and I am on again to-night.
On Friday, St Patrick’s day, we had a dance in the Mess which I really enjoyed, I do not think I have seen so much liquor in one place before since I came back from Canada and some of the boys really got drunk but I was still able to walk home unassisted.
Yesterday I had a twenty-four pass so I hitch hiked into Norich [sic] as that is the
[page break]
only way you can get there on a Sunday. As the cinemas open on Sundays I had quite a good time but all the hotels were full so I had to sleep in the Y.M.C.A. I would not have minded only I had a room with two Yanks and only two blankets so it was pretty chilly. I came back at ten o’clock this morning on the bus and was I glad to get into the Mess for dinner. The cafés in Norich [sic] exist on beans and toast.
That all for now, reply soon
Your loving son,
Lewis
Collection
Citation
E L Ellis, “Letter from Lewis Ellis to his mother and father,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed January 13, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/43080.