Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula
Title
Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula
Description
Number 172-31. No mail. Writes they are following daily progress of events but time passes slowly, Mentions library and cut in Red Cross parcels. Reports good health but still problems with violin practise.
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Date
1944-09-17
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Two sided handwritten postcard
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EValentineJRMValentineUM440917
Transcription
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Stalag Luft III
Kriegsgefangenenlager Datum: 17th Sept 1944
No mail from you, dearest. I’m still in the dark as to how you have fared May onwards. We eagerly follow the daily progress of events (& of the Allies) but the time passes very slowly, more so than ever before. We have a library going at last. Unfortunately our Red X food issue has suffered a permanent cut of 50% - a general one I believe in all British P.OW. camps. We have been on this scale for a few weeks but, strangely enough, I feel it very little & am as fit as ever. My practice troubles continue though. I only manage 2-3 hours daily & those in the most distressing of circumstances but I am doggedly resolved not to give in now even if lack of ability forces me to do so when I become a free man once more. Incidentally if the fiddle youve bought for me has no “E” string adjuster, would you get one. Love to you & Francis John
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Kriegsgefangenenpost 174 31
Postkarte
An MRS U.M. VALENTINE
FELMERSHAM
Empfangsort: BOTTRELLS LANE
StraBe: CHALFONT ST. GILES BUCKS
Land: ENGLAND
Landesteil (Provinz usw.)
Absender:
Vor-und Zuname: Sgt J.R.M. [underlined] VALENTINE [/underlined]
Gefangenennummer: 450
Lager-Bezeichnung: M.-Stammlager [deleted] 357 [/deleted] Luft III
Deutschland (Allemagne)
[inkstamp] GEPRUFT 111 [/ink stamp]
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Stalag Luft III
Kriegsgefangenenlager Datum: 17th Sept 1944
No mail from you, dearest. I’m still in the dark as to how you have fared May onwards. We eagerly follow the daily progress of events (& of the Allies) but the time passes very slowly, more so than ever before. We have a library going at last. Unfortunately our Red X food issue has suffered a permanent cut of 50% - a general one I believe in all British P.OW. camps. We have been on this scale for a few weeks but, strangely enough, I feel it very little & am as fit as ever. My practice troubles continue though. I only manage 2-3 hours daily & those in the most distressing of circumstances but I am doggedly resolved not to give in now even if lack of ability forces me to do so when I become a free man once more. Incidentally if the fiddle youve bought for me has no “E” string adjuster, would you get one. Love to you & Francis John
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Kriegsgefangenenpost 174 31
Postkarte
An MRS U.M. VALENTINE
FELMERSHAM
Empfangsort: BOTTRELLS LANE
StraBe: CHALFONT ST. GILES BUCKS
Land: ENGLAND
Landesteil (Provinz usw.)
Absender:
Vor-und Zuname: Sgt J.R.M. [underlined] VALENTINE [/underlined]
Gefangenennummer: 450
Lager-Bezeichnung: M.-Stammlager [deleted] 357 [/deleted] Luft III
Deutschland (Allemagne)
[inkstamp] GEPRUFT 111 [/ink stamp]
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Citation
John Ross Mckenzie Valentine, “Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed July 22, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/19473.
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