Letter to Mr and Mrs Luxton from Marie Therese Phillips

Letter to Mr and Mrs Luxton from Marie Therese Phillips

Reports arrival of friends letter as was deeply touched. Suggests that she deserves no gratitude for looking after graves and laying flowers on them on armistice day.

Two sided handwritten letter

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EPhillipsMTLuxton[Mr-Mrs][Date]-02

4, rue des Poilus,
Bernay,
Eure.

Dear Madam,
Dear Sir,

I duly received your friend's letter which has deeply touched me.

I deserve neither any thanks nor any gratitude (for) The care I take of the allied soldiers' graves is only a very small token of gratitude. I have two big sons and I know that it is thanks to their heroism that I have been able to keep them.

you will like to know that for Armistice Day I have put flowers on all

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their graves and that I have done this for [inserted] you [/inserted] with all the respect due and in the spirit befitting the occasion.

Please accept, dear madame and dear sir, the expressions of my deepest sympathy.

Yours sincerely,

Marie. [signature]