Letter to Mrs K Wynn from Florence Russell

Letter to Mrs K Wynn from Florence Russell

Mrs Russel assumes that Mrs Wynn has no news and writes about her other two sons who are serving and tells Mrs Wynn to keep hoping.

1943-10-31

two page handwritten letter

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ERusselFWynnK431031

75 Avondale Rd
Southport
Lancs
31.10.43
My dear Mrs Wynn,
I hope you don’t think I have forgotten you. You are so often in my thoughts & I know what is uppermost in both our minds.
I am concluding you have still had no further news- neither have I.
One cannot help feeling depressed at times & I [corrected] can [/corrected] sympathise with you. It is very hard – this waiting & hoping.
I had news yesterday [inserted] from the Air Ministry [/inserted] that my son Geoff – in S. Africa, had been appointed as a Commission
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It is nearly three years since I last saw him, & I am hoping he will have some “leave” before very long.
I am expecting my other son Jim & his wife to be home for Christmas. Jim is still on the ground but has recently been posted over 60 miles away from where he & Flo were living, & is somewhere in the wilds on S. Devon, miles away from anywhere. I do hope all your family are well & that mother is quite recovered by now. Try to keep a brave heart while there is still hope.
With love to you all
Yours very sincerely
F. Russel