Letter from Jimmy Doughty to his sister Winnie
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Letter from Jimmy Doughty to his sister Winnie
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Thanks her for cigarettes she sent. States he is on a weeks holiday. Writes of receiving news from friend who was in hospital. Continues with other news of friends.
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1943-04-07
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Two page handwritten letter and envelope
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EDoughtyJCDoughtyW430407
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[postmark Dagenham, Essex 7 APR 1943] [postage stamp]
W/206227 Pte Doughty. W.
B. Coy. A.F.S.
31, Highfield St.,
Leicester.
[page break]
49, Tavistock Gardens,
Ilford,
Essex.
7-4-43
Dear Winnie,
Thank you very much for the cigarettes you sent me, they arrived right on the day, although I dont [sic] see how you can afford them on your money.
I expect you have received my other letter now telling you all the gen., and at the moment I’m having a weeks holiday, and as I’m having a nice lazy time and I’m stinking with money so I’m properly enjoying myself.
I received an airagraph [sic] from Norm today and he has changed his ship he’s now on the “British [deleted] S [/deleted] Hope”, as he been in hospital for a month with acute “appendiats” [sic] (that’s how he spells it, but?) for a month, and he says he nearly forget to recover.
Roy is comming [sic] home on the 14TH
[page break]
and I’m going on the 12TH still he can still see me in the evenings, if he comes up to London.
Well thats [sic] all for now, hope I see you some-time during the next 20 yrs.
Lots of Love.
[underlined] Jim. [/underlined]
P.S. I shall [underlined] not [/underlined] be a Sprog.
Please excuse crude envelope but I have run out of them.
[underlined] Jim. [/underlined]
W/206227 Pte Doughty. W.
B. Coy. A.F.S.
31, Highfield St.,
Leicester.
[page break]
49, Tavistock Gardens,
Ilford,
Essex.
7-4-43
Dear Winnie,
Thank you very much for the cigarettes you sent me, they arrived right on the day, although I dont [sic] see how you can afford them on your money.
I expect you have received my other letter now telling you all the gen., and at the moment I’m having a weeks holiday, and as I’m having a nice lazy time and I’m stinking with money so I’m properly enjoying myself.
I received an airagraph [sic] from Norm today and he has changed his ship he’s now on the “British [deleted] S [/deleted] Hope”, as he been in hospital for a month with acute “appendiats” [sic] (that’s how he spells it, but?) for a month, and he says he nearly forget to recover.
Roy is comming [sic] home on the 14TH
[page break]
and I’m going on the 12TH still he can still see me in the evenings, if he comes up to London.
Well thats [sic] all for now, hope I see you some-time during the next 20 yrs.
Lots of Love.
[underlined] Jim. [/underlined]
P.S. I shall [underlined] not [/underlined] be a Sprog.
Please excuse crude envelope but I have run out of them.
[underlined] Jim. [/underlined]
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J C Doughty, “Letter from Jimmy Doughty to his sister Winnie,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed May 1, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/38915.
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