Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula

Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula

Writes about finances and that there is no moving in date yet. Hopes his weather will not be too cold and that he will have a cheerful Christmas.

1943-11-05

Two sided handwritten letter card

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[inserted] R & A 29/1 [/inserted]
DATE November 5th
My darling Johnnie,
This has been a gala week for my finances! To start with I got a warrant from the RAF for £150, the balance of your account at 20.10.43. Then I got a note informing me that they had after all been charging you income tax on your RAF pay, & saying that they had credited you with £24 which they’d overcharged for 1942/43, & promising not to do it any more. And now this morning comes another letter from the RAF bringing me a fresh allotment from you of 24/6 per week. What a husband! Thank you so much, my darling, for looking after my needs so thoughtfully. Now I shall be able to pay the Building Society easily & save a bit too, I hope. As for the £150, I am going to use £100 for the [deleted] depo [/deleted] balance for the house, so that I need only borrow £200 from my parents. The £475 is now made up of £100 from your father, £200 my people & £175 of our own. I’m keeping the £50 for the time being to buy any necessary furniture & fittings for the house, & if I can make it up to £100 afterwards it will go to pay off your father. It will be very nice to feel I have a little money behind me for
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emergencies, before you sent this I should have been down to about £5! There is still no news of which date we are moving in, but I do hope it will be soon now. I do hope the weather isn’t too terribly cold where you are, & that you’ll all manage to have a fairly cheerful Christmas. All my love & many thanks for your thought for me
Ursula.
[stamp GEPRUFT 25]
[postage stamp]
[postmark]
RANK & NAME: Sergt. J.R.M. VALENTINE
[stamp PASSED P.W. 901]
PRISONER OF WAR No.: 450
CAMP NAME & No.: STALAG LUFT VI via Stalag Luft III
COUNTRY: Germany
FROM Mrs JRM Valentine
Little Close, Devon Rd
Salcombe,
Devon, England