Two Letters to Mrs Doreen Ellis
Title
Two Letters to Mrs Doreen Ellis
Description
The first letter is from the Air Ministry and is in response to a request to return her husband's bicycle.
The second letter is a reply to a request to send a last letter from her husband.
The second letter is a reply to a request to send a last letter from her husband.
Date
1943-10-15
1943-10-25
Language
Format
Two typewritten sheets
Publisher
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Contributor
Identifier
SEllisRHG918424v10025
Transcription
AIR MINISTRY
(Casualty Branch)
77 Oxford street, London W.1.
25th October, 1943.
FF. 306271/43/P.4.Kits.
[underlined] 918424 Sergeant Ellis, R. H. G. [/underlined]
Madam,
I am directed to refer to your request to forward your husband’s bicycle to your address and to enclose an indemnity form which I am to ask you kindly to complete and return.
On receipt, instructions will be given to despatch the cycle.
I am, Madam,
Your obedient Servant,
[signature]
for Director of Personal Services.
Mrs. R. H. G. Ellis,
253 Balham High Road,
London, S.W.17.
[page break]
No. 199 Squadron,
Royal Air Force,
Lakenheath.
15th October, 1943.
Dear Mrs. Ellis,
In replying to your letter of the 6th inst. I beg to inform you that I have no knowledge of your husband leaving a letter for you. There is no compulsion for aircrew to leave such correspondence for next of kin.
Any letters received by your husband prior to his being reported missing would be forwarded to Colnbrook together with his effects and with regard to any will which you mention, I regret no trace of any can be found.
I regret that up to the time of writing no information has been received of any members of your husband’s crew.
I remain,
Yours sincerely,
[signature]
[underlined] Flight Lieutenant [/underlined]
Mrs D. C. H. Ellis,
253, Balham High Road,
[underlined] London S.W.17.[/underlined]
(Casualty Branch)
77 Oxford street, London W.1.
25th October, 1943.
FF. 306271/43/P.4.Kits.
[underlined] 918424 Sergeant Ellis, R. H. G. [/underlined]
Madam,
I am directed to refer to your request to forward your husband’s bicycle to your address and to enclose an indemnity form which I am to ask you kindly to complete and return.
On receipt, instructions will be given to despatch the cycle.
I am, Madam,
Your obedient Servant,
[signature]
for Director of Personal Services.
Mrs. R. H. G. Ellis,
253 Balham High Road,
London, S.W.17.
[page break]
No. 199 Squadron,
Royal Air Force,
Lakenheath.
15th October, 1943.
Dear Mrs. Ellis,
In replying to your letter of the 6th inst. I beg to inform you that I have no knowledge of your husband leaving a letter for you. There is no compulsion for aircrew to leave such correspondence for next of kin.
Any letters received by your husband prior to his being reported missing would be forwarded to Colnbrook together with his effects and with regard to any will which you mention, I regret no trace of any can be found.
I regret that up to the time of writing no information has been received of any members of your husband’s crew.
I remain,
Yours sincerely,
[signature]
[underlined] Flight Lieutenant [/underlined]
Mrs D. C. H. Ellis,
253, Balham High Road,
[underlined] London S.W.17.[/underlined]
Collection
Citation
199 Squadron and Great Britain. Air Ministry, “Two Letters to Mrs Doreen Ellis,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/28640.
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