Letter from Lewis Ellis to his mother and father
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Title
Letter from Lewis Ellis to his mother and father
Description
Writes that he had now moved to Kidlington, which he did not like as much as Coltishall but it was close to Oxford with good transport into town. Says he received parcel and letter. Writes about letter from friend with his news.
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Date
1944-03-29
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Format
Two page handwritten letter and envelope
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EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]440329
Transcription
[postage stamp] [postmark 29 MR 44]
Mrs H Ellis,
54, Wulfric Rd.,
Manor
Sheffield .2.
Yorks
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[blank page]
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1238597 F/S Ellis
Sergeants’ Mess,
R.A.F. Station,
Kidlington,
Oxon.
Dear Mam & Dad,
Well as you will see I have moved once again and at last we seem to be getting somewhere. Only three out of the five of us who were at Coltishall however were posted and I was lucky enough to be one of them.
I do not like this camp as much as Coltishall but it is nearer to at [sic] town, Oxford, which is seven miles away and there is quite a good transport system. We are also on a main road and the village of Kidlington, which is quite large, is only about half a mile away.
I received the parcel and letter from you last Saturday. Thanks
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for the gloves the other pair are in ribbons and also for the chocolate and sweets.
In the letter from Gus he appears to be getting on O.K. and he is trying to get back to Canada on a pilots’ course so we may see him over here if the war lasts long enough. He says he is expecting
a [sic] increase in his family and Jean, his wife, wants to call it after me if it is a boy. Does that make me its “Godfather” or something? He said he thought it did.
I guess thats all for now; I hope you received my laundry O.K. Please let me have it back as soon as possible.
Your loving son
Lewis
Mrs H Ellis,
54, Wulfric Rd.,
Manor
Sheffield .2.
Yorks
[page break]
[blank page]
[page break]
1238597 F/S Ellis
Sergeants’ Mess,
R.A.F. Station,
Kidlington,
Oxon.
Dear Mam & Dad,
Well as you will see I have moved once again and at last we seem to be getting somewhere. Only three out of the five of us who were at Coltishall however were posted and I was lucky enough to be one of them.
I do not like this camp as much as Coltishall but it is nearer to at [sic] town, Oxford, which is seven miles away and there is quite a good transport system. We are also on a main road and the village of Kidlington, which is quite large, is only about half a mile away.
I received the parcel and letter from you last Saturday. Thanks
[page break]
for the gloves the other pair are in ribbons and also for the chocolate and sweets.
In the letter from Gus he appears to be getting on O.K. and he is trying to get back to Canada on a pilots’ course so we may see him over here if the war lasts long enough. He says he is expecting
a [sic] increase in his family and Jean, his wife, wants to call it after me if it is a boy. Does that make me its “Godfather” or something? He said he thought it did.
I guess thats all for now; I hope you received my laundry O.K. Please let me have it back as soon as possible.
Your loving son
Lewis
Collection
Citation
E L Ellis, “Letter from Lewis Ellis to his mother and father,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 8, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/43081.