Letter from Jack Hay to 'Auntie'
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Letter from Jack Hay to 'Auntie'
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Acknowledges receipt of letters and parcel. Writes that he believes Ian had better enlist in the RAFVR and mentions medical issues. Catches up with other news.
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1939-10-19
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One page handwritten letter
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SFieldPL907804v10048
Transcription
Hqrs. 71 Wing.
R.A.F.
c/o Army Post Office.
19th Oct. 1939
Dear Auntie,
Have two of your letters to answer, dated 8th and 13th, letters came in yesterday. The parcel arrived O.K. – think I wrote to that effect last time. I believe cigarettes & tobacco can be sent out duty free – the dealer instructs his wholesaler or makers to send out direct from bond. Should think Ian had better enlist in the R.A.F.V.R. if he has had to get out. I have talked to the M.O. here, who used to be at Abingdon, & he tells me that at Abingdon he certainly would not have been turned down. At the most, if at all doubtful, a sample for report would have been sent to the path. lab. at Halton, & unless anything [underlined] really [/underlined] wrong (as against all Reading seem to have found) he would have been accepted. He had better miss Reading altogether & see if he can enlist therein at Abingdon. I had heard from Nellie that Victor had turned up unexpectedly – any idea what his address is. The [indecipherable word] was very useful – I fetched down some 80-100 flies in my dressing room, size about 9’ x 6’, which will give you a pretty good idea how thick they are! I went up to where the French field gunners used to be, day before they left, &
R.A.F.
c/o Army Post Office.
19th Oct. 1939
Dear Auntie,
Have two of your letters to answer, dated 8th and 13th, letters came in yesterday. The parcel arrived O.K. – think I wrote to that effect last time. I believe cigarettes & tobacco can be sent out duty free – the dealer instructs his wholesaler or makers to send out direct from bond. Should think Ian had better enlist in the R.A.F.V.R. if he has had to get out. I have talked to the M.O. here, who used to be at Abingdon, & he tells me that at Abingdon he certainly would not have been turned down. At the most, if at all doubtful, a sample for report would have been sent to the path. lab. at Halton, & unless anything [underlined] really [/underlined] wrong (as against all Reading seem to have found) he would have been accepted. He had better miss Reading altogether & see if he can enlist therein at Abingdon. I had heard from Nellie that Victor had turned up unexpectedly – any idea what his address is. The [indecipherable word] was very useful – I fetched down some 80-100 flies in my dressing room, size about 9’ x 6’, which will give you a pretty good idea how thick they are! I went up to where the French field gunners used to be, day before they left, &
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J V Hay, “Letter from Jack Hay to 'Auntie' ,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed August 24, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/37261.
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