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Title
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Ellis, Roy
Royston Hazeldine George Ellis
R H G Ellis
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-05-09
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Identifier
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Ellis, RHG
Description
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62 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Roy Ellis (1916 - 1943, <span>918424 Royal Air Force</span>) and contains correspondence, his decorations and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 199 Squadron and was killed 31 August 1943.<br /> <br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Norman Smith and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br />Additional information on Roy Ellis is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/208468/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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Sgt ELLIS. R. 918426.
c/o Sgts Mess.
R.A.F. Station:
Lakenheath:
Brandon Road:
Suffolk: August 29th 1943:
My Very own darling Boo:
Today, of course, I shall get a letter from you as it is Sunday – oh how I miss them too! – but I shall be lucky tomorrow my pet:
We are flying this afternoon, (I’m writing this during the luncheon hour) – and then we have the rest of the day to ourselves, goodness knows [underlined what [/underlined] I shall do, Mildenhall is, if
[page break]
[underlined] 2 [/underlined]
anything, a little [underlined] dead [/underlined] ‘dead’ than ever on the Sabbath!
But how are [underlined] You [/underlined] today my sweetheart? – I think [underlined] so [/underlined] much about you my Boo and this awful feeling of loneliness is forever with me; [underlined] nothing [/underlined] is the same without “ [underlined] my [/underlined] darling” – indeed – I miss you [underlined] so [/underlined] terribly:
Darling will you please send me some soap? I’m a bit short of it at the moment, and anyway – I use quite a [deleted] bit [/deleted] lot as I simply ‘revel’ in my showers!
Well my beloved I have – as usual – no news for you – so [underlined] little [/underlined] happens here, so remember that I’m
[page break]
[underlined] 3 [/underlined]
loving you every moment of the day and that you are mine my darling – [underlined] all [/underlined] – and very bit of you – MINE! xxxx.
God bless you my precious – and keep you very safe for me:
Please give my dear love to [underlined] all [/underlined] the family:
[line] & the “PEEGLE MEN”
Forever and Always,
Your very [underlined] own [/underlined] darling:
[underlined] Roy [/underlined] xxxx
xxxx.
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Title
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Letter from Roy Ellis to his Wife
Description
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He expresses love for his wife. He asks for soap to be sent.
Creator
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Roy Ellis
Date
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1943-08-29
Format
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Three handwritten sheets
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Correspondence
Identifier
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SEllisRHG918424v10008-0001, SEllisRHG918424v10008-0002
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Rights
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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.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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Peter Bradbury
Temporal Coverage
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1943-08-29
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Suffolk
aircrew
love and romance
military living conditions
RAF Lakenheath
RAF Mildenhall