To Jessie from Harry Redgrave
Title
To Jessie from Harry Redgrave
Description
A one-page handwritten letter from Harry Redgrave to his wife Jessie. Harry relates how he managed to get his weekend pass after all.
Creator
Date
1939-11-22
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
One handwritten sheet
Publisher
Rights
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Identifier
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM391122-0001,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM391122-0002
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM391122-0002
Transcription
Bexhill on Sea
Wed Even
22.11.39
Dear Jessie,
After a great struggle I have got my long week end pass but this morning I realy [sic] thought we were going to be disappointed. As I told you Monday I had applied for it and it appears that there were a lot too many so the Flight Leader drew lots and I lost. When I got home last night the boys in my room told me I was unlucky. You can imagine how I felt. When the F.[Flight] Leader came in I was out but they all told him how miserable I would be and showed him your picture and Pams and said how anxious I was to see [deleted]them [/deleted] you. The outcome of their appeal was that the F.L. came in this morning and said that a chap named Steward might not want his pass. I met him and after much humming and haring he decided to let me have it. I'll tell you all the news Friday home about 7.P.M.
Lots of love
Harry
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Wed Even
22.11.39
Dear Jessie,
After a great struggle I have got my long week end pass but this morning I realy [sic] thought we were going to be disappointed. As I told you Monday I had applied for it and it appears that there were a lot too many so the Flight Leader drew lots and I lost. When I got home last night the boys in my room told me I was unlucky. You can imagine how I felt. When the F.[Flight] Leader came in I was out but they all told him how miserable I would be and showed him your picture and Pams and said how anxious I was to see [deleted]them [/deleted] you. The outcome of their appeal was that the F.L. came in this morning and said that a chap named Steward might not want his pass. I met him and after much humming and haring he decided to let me have it. I'll tell you all the news Friday home about 7.P.M.
Lots of love
Harry
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3 - 5 2 - 8½
1 - 4½ [underlined] 8½ [/underlined]
6 3 - 5
[underlined] 1 - 10½ [/underlined]
5 - 3½
3 - 9 - 0
9 - 9 -
[underlined] 19 - [/underlined]
£13 - 17
Collection
Citation
Harry Redgrave, “To Jessie from Harry Redgrave,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 27, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/15785.
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