Letter from Harold Fry's father to under-secretary of state at Air Ministry

Letter from Harold Fry's father to under-secretary of state at Air Ministry

Applying for recommendation for remission of death duties on estate of son.

1944-12-01

One page typewritten letter

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EFryLUnSecSta441201

159, South Park Drive,
ILFORD, Essex.
1st December 1944.

The Under Secretary of State
P.4. Cas.,
AIR MINISTRY,
LONDON, W.C.2.

[underlined]Royal Air Force Personnel Remission of Death Duties.[/underlined]
Sir,
I beg to apply for a recommendation for the remission (wholly or partially) of death duties on the estate of my son No. 130598 Acting Flight Lieutenant Harold Leonard Fry who has presumed to have lost his life on the 29th January 1944 as stated in your letter dated the 17th ultimo, under reference P.413129/7/44/P.4.(b). sent from 73-77 Oxford Street, W.1. (Casualty Branch).

Yours faithfully,
Leonard Fry