Letter to L V Rosser from Ron Spencer
Title
Letter to L V Rosser from Ron Spencer
Description
Writes complaining about his current location. Mentions the trip he had been promised and that he let him know about his end of the job. Asks that Vic does not mention his Africa Star. Sends regards to Vic's family.
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Date
1943-12-22
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Format
Three page handwritten letter and envelope
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Identifier
ESpencerRBRosserLV431222
Transcription
[inserted] 22 12.43 [inserted]
[postmark missing]
[stamp missing]
745193 W/O Rosser
R A. F. Station
Shennington
nr Banbury
Oxon.
[inserted] Ron [indecipherable word] (Spencer)
[page break]
942915 [indecipherable word]. Spencer. R. B
BHQ 452 Battery
74th Fld Regl. [sic] R. A.
Shelford Camp
Cambs
22.12.43
Dear Vic
Thankyou for your letter its good to get some thing to brighten this life, this place where I am now is like a concentration camp.
Christmass [sic] will probably see me stood out in the cold and wet the only decorations being a army rifle, a poor
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finish to a airminded youngster. Still I can always console myself by thinking of the trip you have promised me. Refering [sic] to the trip, I understand everything fully and will let you know more about my end of the job later. I must ask you not to put Africa Star after my name its something I want to forget. Im sorry I hope I don’t sound harsh or rude but you know how things are after four years of war.
[page break]
Well Vic I hope you will excuse me writeing [sic] in pencil but you see pens are conspicuos [sic] by there [sic] absents [sic]. Remember me to your wife and your Mother and Farther [sic] and give them my best wishes. Im afraid I must close now. look after yourself Vic
All the Best
[underlined] Ron [/underlined]
[postmark missing]
[stamp missing]
745193 W/O Rosser
R A. F. Station
Shennington
nr Banbury
Oxon.
[inserted] Ron [indecipherable word] (Spencer)
[page break]
942915 [indecipherable word]. Spencer. R. B
BHQ 452 Battery
74th Fld Regl. [sic] R. A.
Shelford Camp
Cambs
22.12.43
Dear Vic
Thankyou for your letter its good to get some thing to brighten this life, this place where I am now is like a concentration camp.
Christmass [sic] will probably see me stood out in the cold and wet the only decorations being a army rifle, a poor
[page break]
finish to a airminded youngster. Still I can always console myself by thinking of the trip you have promised me. Refering [sic] to the trip, I understand everything fully and will let you know more about my end of the job later. I must ask you not to put Africa Star after my name its something I want to forget. Im sorry I hope I don’t sound harsh or rude but you know how things are after four years of war.
[page break]
Well Vic I hope you will excuse me writeing [sic] in pencil but you see pens are conspicuos [sic] by there [sic] absents [sic]. Remember me to your wife and your Mother and Farther [sic] and give them my best wishes. Im afraid I must close now. look after yourself Vic
All the Best
[underlined] Ron [/underlined]
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Citation
R B Spencer, “Letter to L V Rosser from Ron Spencer,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/36692.
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