Partial letter from Ford Killen
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Partial letter from Ford Killen
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Starts with comment on fallen comrades. Describes events since he returned from leave. Asks how things were with her and asks after boyfriends.
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Two sided handwritten letter
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we saw in Greece & Crete. Not that we shall ever really forget them oh no! we shall never be satisfied untill [sic] we avenge our cobbers who fell at our side. However I do not wish to dwell upon the eternal subject of war so I will write about myself, that is if you don’t mind – or aren’t you bothered?
Since my return from leave (a fortnight ago) there have been several little interesting incidents in my somewhat monotonous existence. Firstly I was promoted to Gun Sgt (from Lance Sgt) This is nothing to boast about, on the contary [sic] one feels a little sorrowful about it because I was promoted simply because of casulities [sic] to higher ranks. I was also appointed a No 1 instructor which is rather [deleted] an [/deleted] responsible job.
Secondly we moved camp to another area which is rather a better camp in every respect.
Thirdly I was selected from my unit as an instructor to the Free Greek army over here so I am now actually in the Greek army.!
I have only been here a couple of days and have not yet actually started my job so I cannot as yet tell you much about
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to the heat and flies etc., I am very fit and happy so please do not worry about us, we can stand this country far better than the Ities or the Huns – they can’t take this desert life. How are thing in Romley nowadays, much different to the days we use to walk along Town St? Incidently [sic] Winnie, have you yet found another boy friend since the Des episode seems to be closed. You know young lady you must be [deleted] a [/deleted] difficult to please if as you say you cannot find the right type out of all the persons you meet from time to time – you [deleted] be [/deleted] will have to watch yourself or you will find yourself on the shelf. I guess if I was home I would tease the life out of you – and then maybe you would lose your temper and stamp those dainty feet of yours and I would probably have to climb down and apologise with a kiss (or kisses, that is if I didn’t have my face slapped for taking the first one!) Maybe I should not be discussing this kissing business so much as you will wonder if I am becoming soft in my old age, but someday I will tell you of the times when for months to-gether [sic] we have not even seen a white girl – and how
we saw in Greece & Crete. Not that we shall ever really forget them oh no! we shall never be satisfied untill [sic] we avenge our cobbers who fell at our side. However I do not wish to dwell upon the eternal subject of war so I will write about myself, that is if you don’t mind – or aren’t you bothered?
Since my return from leave (a fortnight ago) there have been several little interesting incidents in my somewhat monotonous existence. Firstly I was promoted to Gun Sgt (from Lance Sgt) This is nothing to boast about, on the contary [sic] one feels a little sorrowful about it because I was promoted simply because of casulities [sic] to higher ranks. I was also appointed a No 1 instructor which is rather [deleted] an [/deleted] responsible job.
Secondly we moved camp to another area which is rather a better camp in every respect.
Thirdly I was selected from my unit as an instructor to the Free Greek army over here so I am now actually in the Greek army.!
I have only been here a couple of days and have not yet actually started my job so I cannot as yet tell you much about
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[underlined] 4 [/underlined]
to the heat and flies etc., I am very fit and happy so please do not worry about us, we can stand this country far better than the Ities or the Huns – they can’t take this desert life. How are thing in Romley nowadays, much different to the days we use to walk along Town St? Incidently [sic] Winnie, have you yet found another boy friend since the Des episode seems to be closed. You know young lady you must be [deleted] a [/deleted] difficult to please if as you say you cannot find the right type out of all the persons you meet from time to time – you [deleted] be [/deleted] will have to watch yourself or you will find yourself on the shelf. I guess if I was home I would tease the life out of you – and then maybe you would lose your temper and stamp those dainty feet of yours and I would probably have to climb down and apologise with a kiss (or kisses, that is if I didn’t have my face slapped for taking the first one!) Maybe I should not be discussing this kissing business so much as you will wonder if I am becoming soft in my old age, but someday I will tell you of the times when for months to-gether [sic] we have not even seen a white girl – and how
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F Killen, “Partial letter from Ford Killen,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed July 23, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/39711.
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