Letter to Jack Newton's wife from Red Cross
Title
Letter to Jack Newton's wife from Red Cross
Description
Informs her that one member of his crew was a prisoner of war but asked that she make no effort to contact him. They were continuing to make enquiries about her husband.
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Date
1941-10-09
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Language
Format
One page typewritten letter
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
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Identifier
SNewtonJL742570v10048
Transcription
WAR ORGANISATION
OF THE
BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY and ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM
President :
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Grand Prior :
H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester, K.G.
[Red Cross logo] [St. John logo]
[underlined] WOUNDED, MISSING AND RELATIVES DEPARTMENT [/underlined]
Chairman : THE DOWAGER LADY AMPTHILL, C.I., G.B.E.
7 BELGRAVE SQUARE,
LONDON, S.W.1
9th October, 1941.
NM/FM
RAF/L.4180
Dear Mrs. Newton,
Since you telephoned yesterday, making a further enquiry for your husband, Sergeant J.L. Newton, No. 742570, and saying that you thought two members of his crew had been taken prisoner, we have been in communication with the Air Ministry on your behalf.
It seems that one of the crew may indeed be a prisoner, but at present we are asked to make no effort to get into touch with him. We can, I am afraid, only continue with the enquiries we are making for your husband and hope that it may not be very long before some information becomes available.
I did telephone yesterday afternoon, as you suggested, but am writing because I could get no reply.
Yours sincerely,
Margaret Ampthill.
pp A.M.
Chairman.
Mrs. M. Newton,
39a Popes Grove Mansions,
Heath Road,
TWICKENHAM.
OF THE
BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY and ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM
President :
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Grand Prior :
H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester, K.G.
[Red Cross logo] [St. John logo]
[underlined] WOUNDED, MISSING AND RELATIVES DEPARTMENT [/underlined]
Chairman : THE DOWAGER LADY AMPTHILL, C.I., G.B.E.
7 BELGRAVE SQUARE,
LONDON, S.W.1
9th October, 1941.
NM/FM
RAF/L.4180
Dear Mrs. Newton,
Since you telephoned yesterday, making a further enquiry for your husband, Sergeant J.L. Newton, No. 742570, and saying that you thought two members of his crew had been taken prisoner, we have been in communication with the Air Ministry on your behalf.
It seems that one of the crew may indeed be a prisoner, but at present we are asked to make no effort to get into touch with him. We can, I am afraid, only continue with the enquiries we are making for your husband and hope that it may not be very long before some information becomes available.
I did telephone yesterday afternoon, as you suggested, but am writing because I could get no reply.
Yours sincerely,
Margaret Ampthill.
pp A.M.
Chairman.
Mrs. M. Newton,
39a Popes Grove Mansions,
Heath Road,
TWICKENHAM.
Collection
Citation
M Ampthill, “Letter to Jack Newton's wife from Red Cross,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 22, 2023, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/27431.
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