Letter to Ron Riding's Mother

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Title

Letter to Ron Riding's Mother

Description

The letter expresses sympathy that Ron is missing.
[The letter is incomplete, only the first page has been kept]

Creator

Date

1944-07-12

Temporal Coverage

Language

Format

One handwritten sheet and envelope

Rights

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Contributor

Identifier

ELeCocqRCRiding[Mo]440712-0001, ELeCocqRCRiding[Mo]440712-0002

Transcription

[postmark]

MRS RIDING
3 FARMFIELD
ASHTON-ON MERSEY
SALE
CHESHIRE
U.K.

[ rubber stamp ]
[inserted] CENSORED BY RC LeCocq [/inserted]

[page break]

130562 F/O RCLECOCQ
204 SQDN RAF
WAF

Wed July 12th

My dear Mrs Riding

Please accept my deepest sympathy in this trying hour.

I am deeply grateful that you have written & told me. I do hope & expect that you will hear favourable news, though of course as you no doubt know & expect it will take a long while before you hear anything.

It came as rather a shock to me mainly because Ron and I were such good friends. I have his Photo in [deleted word] the few I brought out with me. One I took of hm at Greenwood threatening him with a snowball.

I'm keeping quite fit out here considering except for one or two minor risks. Fortunately for us we only have the weather to contend with & that is a lot to be

Citation

RC LeCocq, “Letter to Ron Riding's Mother,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/37414.

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