Letter from the Chairman of the British Red Cross Society to Mrs Wareing
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Letter from the Chairman of the British Red Cross Society to Mrs Wareing
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Acknowledges receipt of her two letters and expressing their delight that she has received news of her husband, Squadron Leader Robert Wareing. They confirm that they have verified the broadcast and that as soon as official confirmation is received that her husband is a prisoner, her correspondence will be passed to the Prisoners of War Department who will then contact her.
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1944-10-27
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One page typewritten letter
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EAmpthillMWareingJ441027
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WAR ORGANISATION
OF THE
BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY and ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM
[Red Cross crest] President: HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Grand Prior: H.R.H. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, K.G. [Order of St. John crest]
[underlined] WOUNDED, MISSING AND RELATIVES DEPARTMENT [/underlined]
Chairman: THE DOWAGER LADY AMPTHILL, C.1., G.B.E.
7 BELGRAVE SQUARE,
LONDON, S.W.1
Telephone No. SLOANE 9696
In replying please quote reference: STM/MP RAF C/14353
27th October, 1944.
Dear Mrs. Wareing,
We have had your two letters of October 22nd and October 24th and are delighted to hear the good news that you have had a message broadcast to you from your husband, Squadron Leader Robert Wareing, D.F.C., N0. 86325.
We have consulted our Broadcasting Section and are able to verify this message. As soon as official confirmation is received that your husband is a prisoner, we shall pass over all correspondence concerning him to our Prisoners of War Department at St. James’s Palace, and they will then tell you how you should write to him and how parcels can be sent.
We are indeed delighted to think that your anxiety has ended with such good news.
Yours sincerely,
[signature]
Chairman.
Ppsh
Mrs. Wareing,
56, West Common Gardens,
Old Bromby, Scunthorpe.
OF THE
BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY and ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM
[Red Cross crest] President: HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Grand Prior: H.R.H. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, K.G. [Order of St. John crest]
[underlined] WOUNDED, MISSING AND RELATIVES DEPARTMENT [/underlined]
Chairman: THE DOWAGER LADY AMPTHILL, C.1., G.B.E.
7 BELGRAVE SQUARE,
LONDON, S.W.1
Telephone No. SLOANE 9696
In replying please quote reference: STM/MP RAF C/14353
27th October, 1944.
Dear Mrs. Wareing,
We have had your two letters of October 22nd and October 24th and are delighted to hear the good news that you have had a message broadcast to you from your husband, Squadron Leader Robert Wareing, D.F.C., N0. 86325.
We have consulted our Broadcasting Section and are able to verify this message. As soon as official confirmation is received that your husband is a prisoner, we shall pass over all correspondence concerning him to our Prisoners of War Department at St. James’s Palace, and they will then tell you how you should write to him and how parcels can be sent.
We are indeed delighted to think that your anxiety has ended with such good news.
Yours sincerely,
[signature]
Chairman.
Ppsh
Mrs. Wareing,
56, West Common Gardens,
Old Bromby, Scunthorpe.
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M Ampthill, “Letter from the Chairman of the British Red Cross Society to Mrs Wareing,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 16, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/28194.
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