Letter to John Taplin's Parents from John

Letter to John Taplin's Parents from John

He is well and studying. He has been getting regular mail. He asks for a pipe, tobacco and cigarettes.

1943-06-05

One double sided printed sheet with handwritten annotations

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ETaplinJATaplinWJ-[Mo]XX0605-0001, ETaplinJATaplinWJ-[Mo]XX0605-0002

[underlined] Kriegsg[indecipherable letters]enenpost [/underlined]

[underlined] R.A.F. [/underlined]

[ink stamp]

An Mr Mrs Taplin,
12 Whitesmead Rd
Empfangsort: Stevenage
Straße: Herts.
Kreis:
Land: England.
Landesteil (Provinz usw.)

[ink stamp]

[underlined] Gebührenfreil [/underlined]

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Absender:

Vor- und Zuname: F/Sgt Taplin.
Gefangenennummer: 27493.
Lager-Bezeichnung: M.-Stammlager VIII B

[underlined] Deutschland (Allemagne) [/underlined]

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5 June.

Dear Folks, glad to hear from you and Billy yesterday. I am still quite well and comparatively happy. When time permits I have been studying [inserted] Bookkeeping [/inserted] Business Organisation Salesmanship etc. There seems nothing else that would be beneficial to me. My mail is coming through regularly now so copy the address as before – with the “F/Sgt etc”. There is another Taplin here from Sheffield. By the way I am becoming an expert at Bridge and Chess. Send as much tobacco as you can. And dont forget a pipe or two. [inserted] & cigs [/inserted] You can send one in a book parcel. If you like. Any modern books will do of [inserted] & Mason [/inserted] A.P. Heberts [sic], Crown, Deeping, Sayes, Evans, [inserted] etc [/inserted] you know the kind. Let me know about that allotment.

Well Keep well, give my regards to Emma, Mrs Catmore & Joe etc. Well I must close. Keep Smiling
See you Soon – John x x x x x

“Roll on the boat”