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 received parcel with laundry. Says he was getting on well with night flying but did not think much of sleeping throughout the day. Catches up with news of friends. Mentions cycling and going to the cinema.
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Date
1944-07-26
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Format
Three page handwritten letter and envelope
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Identifier
EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]440726
Transcription
[postage stamp] [postmark 26 [indecipherable letters] 44]
[inserted] 7/44 [/inserted]
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,
I received your letter on Tuesday and the parcel arrived yesterday but I was unable to collect it until today. I was ready for the pyjamas as the others are falling to pieces.
I am getting on quite well with the night flighing [sic] but I do not think much to sleeping through out the day as we are having such good weather at the moment.
No I have not heard
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from Hats so I was very surprised to hear that he had broken off the engagement. I should imagine his mother is not sorry.
When I saw Plumb in Moncton he told me he was engaged and expected to get married when he returned. He is not as old as me and it only seems five minutes ago that we were at school together.
Yesterday afternoon I went cycling to Whitney and managed to get a cycle dynamo, which are very rare these days. I put it [deleted] I [/deleted] on the bike last night and after playing around with it
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got it to work quite well. In fact I think it is too bright. As I am going to the cinema tonight before I fly so I will close now.
Remember me to all
Your loving son
Lewis.
P.S. I sent my laundry off on Monday.
[inserted] 7/44 [/inserted]
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,
I received your letter on Tuesday and the parcel arrived yesterday but I was unable to collect it until today. I was ready for the pyjamas as the others are falling to pieces.
I am getting on quite well with the night flighing [sic] but I do not think much to sleeping through out the day as we are having such good weather at the moment.
No I have not heard
[page break]
from Hats so I was very surprised to hear that he had broken off the engagement. I should imagine his mother is not sorry.
When I saw Plumb in Moncton he told me he was engaged and expected to get married when he returned. He is not as old as me and it only seems five minutes ago that we were at school together.
Yesterday afternoon I went cycling to Whitney and managed to get a cycle dynamo, which are very rare these days. I put it [deleted] I [/deleted] on the bike last night and after playing around with it
[page break]
got it to work quite well. In fact I think it is too bright. As I am going to the cinema tonight before I fly so I will close now.
Remember me to all
Your loving son
Lewis.
P.S. I sent my laundry off on Monday.
Collection
Citation
E L Ellis, “Letter from Lewis Ellis to his mother and father,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed May 14, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/43087.