Letter from Wally Layne to his wife

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Title

Letter from Wally Layne to his wife

Description

Writes he had received twenty letters pervious week and some cigarettes. Catches up with news from home. Comments on chocolate that arrived in June parcel. Hopes he would get more cigarettes, says they will have to be patient and they would be home someday. Concludes with comments on haircuts and anti-typhus inoculation.

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Date

1944-10-15

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One page handwritten letter

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Identifier

ELayneWHLayneAJ441015

Transcription

Oct 15/44. My dearest Joan, last week was a very lucky one for me, I received 20 letters altogether, 1 personal parcel & 200 players. Most of the mail was from you and was of varying dates from May to quite recent ones. I am pleased to you [sic] had a good time at the farm. I expect you will settle down ok at home again. My parcel was the June one, gosh I did enjoy the chocolate, I couldn't make it last very long, its quite a queer feeling to eat until you are full up believe you me. I packed up playing football, but the shorts will come in useful for underwear which I am short of. I was very glad to get the cigarettes I was right out, hope some more come along, it isn't possible to have too many, they have so many uses. I don't know what sort of [deleted] cigare [/deleted] tobbacco [sic]you are sending but will you make it St Bruno, that is about the best there is, the pipe I got in my parcel was very acceptable. I often try and imagine my homecoming but not very successfully I am afraid, the idea of being back home seems too good to be true, but I suppose it will come someday if we can only be patient. I must get my hair cut some time this week, I had it all off last March but it seems to have come back all right. I was inocculated [sic] last week, anti typhus. I went thro a lot of mental agony before nerving myself to have it done, but I figured we shall be here for the winter and I don't want to take any chances. Altering your allowance to £4. All love Walt.

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Citation

W H Layne, “Letter from Wally Layne to his wife,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/30808.

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