To Jessie from Harry Redgrave
Title
To Jessie from Harry Redgrave
Description
A letter from Harry Redgrave to his wife Jessie. Harry writes that he is moving from RAF Finningley to RAF Waddington and he will look for a place for Jessie to stay nearby.
Creator
Date
1940-10-19
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
Two handwritten sheets
Publisher
Rights
This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Identifier
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM401019-0001,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM401019-0002
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM401019-0002
Transcription
[RAF Crest]
Sgts Mess
Finningley
Sat. 19.10.40
Dear Jessie,
This is the last letter you will get from Finningley and I am glad [deleted] you he [/deleted] I got your letter this evening or else it would have missed me. You certainly left it late before you wrote me and thats [sic] one you [corrected] owe [/corrected] me for this week.
Our postings are through and I am going to a Hampden Squadron. 44 Squadron, Waddington so you must write to me Sgts Mess. R.A.F. Station Waddington Lincs. I am the only Sergeant going there and am posted with a Squadron Leader. The other boys are going to Scampton Hemswell and Lindholme so they wont [sic] be too far away to prevent us having a night out occasionally. I shall be only two miles out of Lincoln so you must find out all you can about
[page break]
getting digs there and as soon as possible I will scout around myself. My new station is only twelve miles from Cranwell so I shall nip down and see Tom one day next week providing I am not over Berlin to [sic] often.
I shall try and get some leave as usual and maybe with better results. Who knows I may lucky [sic] this time. So I am going out for a final night with boys [sic] I must finish now and will write next from Waddington.
Lots of love dear and heres [sic] to the next time
Your loving husband
Harry xxxx
Sgts Mess
Finningley
Sat. 19.10.40
Dear Jessie,
This is the last letter you will get from Finningley and I am glad [deleted] you he [/deleted] I got your letter this evening or else it would have missed me. You certainly left it late before you wrote me and thats [sic] one you [corrected] owe [/corrected] me for this week.
Our postings are through and I am going to a Hampden Squadron. 44 Squadron, Waddington so you must write to me Sgts Mess. R.A.F. Station Waddington Lincs. I am the only Sergeant going there and am posted with a Squadron Leader. The other boys are going to Scampton Hemswell and Lindholme so they wont [sic] be too far away to prevent us having a night out occasionally. I shall be only two miles out of Lincoln so you must find out all you can about
[page break]
getting digs there and as soon as possible I will scout around myself. My new station is only twelve miles from Cranwell so I shall nip down and see Tom one day next week providing I am not over Berlin to [sic] often.
I shall try and get some leave as usual and maybe with better results. Who knows I may lucky [sic] this time. So I am going out for a final night with boys [sic] I must finish now and will write next from Waddington.
Lots of love dear and heres [sic] to the next time
Your loving husband
Harry xxxx
Collection
Citation
Harry Redgrave, “To Jessie from Harry Redgrave,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 18, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/15926.
Item Relations
This item has no relations.