Letter from Ron Bartlett to his parents-in-law

Letter from Ron Bartlett to his parents-in-law

Ron thanks them for letting him marry Lynne, their daughter. His training at Moncton is finishing and he doesn't regret leaving but hopes to come back to Canada.

1944-03-21

One double sided handwritten sheet

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TRANSIENT OFFICERS MESS
31.P.D. RAF.
MONCTON.
N.B.

[underlined] 21/3/44 [/underlined]

Dear Mom & Dad,

This is going to be just a short note of gratitude & farewell.

I want to thank you for the many kind things you’ve done for me during my stay in Canada. You’ve been as much a Mother & Father to me as my own parents, & I’m terribly grateful. But most of all I want to thank you for letting me marry Lynne, because she was sort of young at the time, & after all you did’nt know a great deal about me. But I’ve spent the happiest fourteen months of my life being married to her, & I hope we’ve many more years to come.

I’m sure Lynne’s happy too, & I just can’t bear being parted from her, so the sooner this darn war stops the better.

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It looks as though we shan’t stay here in Moncton much longer, which is a good thing, because a little of Moncton goes an awful long way.

I sincerely hope I shall be able to come back to Canada after the war, but for now cheerio Mom & Pop,

Lots of lovenstuff [sic],

Ron x