Letter from Kenneth Gill to his parents

Letter from Kenneth Gill to his parents

Thanks them for parcel and comments on contents. Includes addresses that he could remember and promised to send others later. Continues with family matters. Says he had no idea when he will move on.

1942-11-04

Three page handwritten letter

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1438901 SGT. GILL.K.
DESPATCH WING.
3. P.R.C.
BATH HILL COURT.
BOURNEMOUTH.

NOV. 4th/42.

Dear Mum, dad & all.

Thanks for the parcel, I received it this afternoon. I haven't sampled the cake yet but it looks good. Tell Les we celebrated his birthday last night (George & I) and had a fish and chip supper in a cosy little cafe, with a grand coal fire.

Thanks for David's photograph, the flints, socks, tobacco & pipe-cleaners etc. oh & David's comic too. I haven't read it yet but I will do shortly.

As you said dad, George did forget the negatives, but I think he's going to write home for them.

We haven't managed to get onto the same flight yet, but we do

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manage to keep together quite a lot (unofficially of course). I haven't got a list of addresses by me now, and we havn't [sic] any electric light in this place so Lobban's & Grants & books are all I can remember so far;

Mr & Mrs. Earl Lobban.
Pleasant Street.
Chatham N.B.
Canada.

Mr & Mrs. R. Grant,
98, Alma Street.
Moncton. N.B.
Canada.

Mr & Mrs. S. J. Cook – Jnr.
Sylvester.
Georgia.

That's their addresses alright, & by the time you written dad I'll have found the others. I suppose I'd better start writing letters of apology to Aunt Rosie & Uncle Tom, Messrs, Bellhouse & Wright, and also Dick Thomas, but I'll have to stop writing now as I can't see properly

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but I'll start them tomorrow.

We've no idea at all when we'll be leaving here so can't say when I'll be home again. Some of the lads have already gone to stations all over England, Scotland & Wales but we're living in hopes for a posting to Yorkshire somewhere.

Well you'll have to excuse my short letter & I'll write again as soon as possible. Chin up David keep up the good work, the writing is coming on well; & go steady on them “under-cuts” of yours you little villain.

That's all for now, look after yourselves and keep smiling.

Good night & God Bless.

Your Loving Son.

Ken. [kisses]
David [kisses]

[underlined] PS. [/underlined] My belt was at Veras’
sorry to cause you all the trouble.
Ken xxx