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Whilst Thomas McMenemy was serving at the Motor Transport Depot in France, during World War I, he sent a number of letters back to his family.

These are transcribed below.

Then in 1917 there is a series of letters relating to Thomas from his colleagues

January 1916, Thomas to Aileen and Mary

(Note this letter is incomplete and ends abruptly at the bottom of a page)

Pte Thos McMenemy
S4/145494
"A" Coy Army Services Corps
No 10 Section
1st Base (M.T) Depot
Overseas Base France
9-1-1916

My Dear Aileen & Mary,

How do you like your new house & surroundings, I am sure dear Aileen that you must find it more convenient for travelling to work, as the route from Highgate was so long these winter mornings in London. I have also a shorter distance to travel from my hut to the place where I work, whereas in the past month or two I had to travel about 100 yards, now the distance this last week has been reduced to 91¾ yards, so in the wet weather that is a great consideration don't you think so? Well dear Mary I hope you are near you school & Teddy & Mama will escort you there. I know how glad you will be to have Teddy to take you school & see you home, he will tell you all about the "Gem & the Magnet" & all his "Nootrals" tell him when I come home please God that the stories I will tell you & all will be more wonderful than the "Magnet". I will now tell you one, & ask Teddy if he can solve the problem, as he is good at arithmetic & he knows how clever the heroes of the "Gem" are. One evening last week we had an alarm, sometimes we are called out at a moments notice, it shows how smart we can be, & it is impressive to see every man on the parade ground in little more than a minute, well the incident I refer to was a bit serious although. I was not actually in it but our officer was & he told us a story about it. After the affair was over he picked out 40 men to take back to the camp to get a special meal & some new clothing as they had a rough time of it, so he marched them off they had to travel some distance in the dark, & to his astonishment when he got into camp & halted them he found there was 103 men. Now

May 1916, Thomas to Aileen

Private Thos McMenemy
S4/145494
No
10B Section
Army
Services Corps
B.E.Force Rouen France
22-5-1916

My Dearest Aileen.

Thankyou for your nice letter my dear daughter; it was very neatly written and nicely composed, pardon me however pointing out that in expressing your affection you left out the "t", surely you would not allow you affection for me to diminish to the extent of depriving me of "t" which I am so fond of, do not laugh too loud soldiers are good at jokes. Your letter arrived on the exact day & date completing six months since I landed in France, time flies or as the learned would put it "tempus fugit" and it is remarkable at this time there are a lot of flies, mosquitoes, and I saw an aeroplane one morning at 5 a.m. another soldier joke cannot help it we are full of jokes, wonderful is it not, do not start sewing after you have done laughing, you might have to make a new frock.

Well my dear child the weather has been very very hot, tres chaud "ah oui" see some partys coming in at evening, sunburnt & scarcely able to (speak) step out. I made a mistake in using the word "speak", another joke, they were able to speak all right after they were dismissed. I cannot tell you everything they said it would fill a volume & then be difficult to read, such a mixture of dialects & languages, good French and bad English or rather bad French and good English. I am afraid I am getting mixed up, so I will have to give up trying to describe it. Never mind they heard there was a football match & then they were not only able to speak but walk also, there is a big match on this evening I cannot go as I am on duty but there is no doubt I will hear about it I have heard nothing else all day, would not Teddy enjoy himself here. I am glad to hear you had a nice day for your procession & of the part which Tommy & Teddy took in it, what about Mary and yourself. I was in the Cathedral yesterday & really if you can imagine in a large Cathedral in France, the front portion of the Church filled with British officers & soldiers singing English hymns, a sermon in English then Benediction, and surrounded all the time by a large congregation of French people who are there expressly to see this unique sight, apres le guerre there will not be a similar sight, nevertheless please God I hope to take you here some day & show all the places of interest. One evening recently I was asked if I could direct a person to the statue of Joan of Arc in the market square where she suffered death. I was able to do so just as easily as if it were someplace in London, it is a beautiful country yet we get extremes of heat as we do of cold & I have just experienced both, still we have not enough glass cases to go round, although we work under a glass roof, that is beautiful with the sun 70o in the shade or more.

I am glad to hear you hope to go to Scotland in July is Tommy or Teddy going with you, Mary would be too young to go would she not, let me know. I do not think there is any likelihood of my being home until after the holiday season is over, but still please God when I do get a few days we will make the best of them together. I will be able to escort you to business & also home again, & I will no doubt be envied by Tommy & Teddy.

Well my dear daughter I wish you Mama Tommy Teddy & Mary every blessing & I am sure you will all remember dear old papa in your prayers. With my best love to you all & May God bless you and protect you.

I remain
Your affectionate father,
Thos McMenemy

June 1916, Thomas to son Thomas

7th June 1916

Address

Private Thos McMenemy
S4/145494
No 10B Section
Army Service Corps
1st Base (MT) Depot
B.E.Force Rouen France


My Dear Tommy.

Thank you for your letter, and I am pleased to learn from it that you are all well. I note you have been busy lately & that you are getting on well & I trust that may be a long continued experience. I have not been feeling quite so well since the summer commenced, a cold has got a grip on me which gives me a lot of trouble at nights. I sometimes cough for an hour before I get to sleep, still I hope it will soon disappear.
The weather has been very changeable since we had a spell of hot weather. Our Sunday morning parades are so large now that we take the whole church. Our Chaplain who is a Captain in rank comes now every Sunday while the altar server is one of the regiment & previous to joining had been three or four years in an Ecclesiastical College in France, then another fellow plays the Harmonium while I take the collection, so you see we can run a church from among the soldiers , the singing I might mention is splendid, so much so that our chaplain said he was delighted to hear it, there having been so many splendid voices. The collection is a great item (I) see the francs rolling in dozens as soldiers are very generous & the "curè" of the church seems greatly pleased with our contribution to him.

Well I daresay you are thinking like myself of the great loss the country has sustained by the tragic accident to Lord Kitchener & his staff, it is an event in History which will always be prominent & many lessons may be taken from it, but it is not opportune to express any opinion at present. I only hope that one effect it will have will be to steel the nerves of everyone concerned to emulate his example as an unselfish patriot. One who loved his Country and exercised all his talents for the benefit of it. Someone will have to succeed him and while I have an opinion as to who might be chosen, & who I believe will be I trust that he will be as definite & firm as the great hero we have lost, fortunately he has left everything perfect, and as far as the great field viz. this one is concerned he has left the most brilliant Commander in Chief to bring the struggle to a successful conclusion very soon. Often when I look around amongst the many and varied men I see here I wonder if they realise fully what a serious matter this is, and if each one in his own little way does his best the result would be great. I expect young Doland will be going on leave in a few weeks so he will give you a call. I daresay you will see a change in him he will no doubt be accompanied by a young fellow who goes to London and is in the same hut as I am.

I hope your dear mother, your energetic little brother & your two pretty sisters are all quite well. Tell Aileen I am expecting a long letter from her, and also from Mary I hope will be writing soon. Tell Teddy I am going to write to him about the fellows here who have taken a great interest lately in training to "Keep fit" as they describe it, he will be amused. I received your dear mother's letter & will write to her soon.

With my best love to Aileen Mary Teddy and your good Mama

I remain,
Your affectionate Father
Thos McMenemy

July 1916, Thomas to Aileen

17.7.16
Address as usual

My Dear Aileen

What pleasing news I have received in regard to you. I am delighted to learn you have been given a further advance in your income, it proves the fact that you are giving satisfaction to your employers & I know how diligent & painstaking you are, besides being pleasant & agreeable with everyone. You are really a good girl & I know you will always retain the good reputation you have for being willing, courteous & active.

Well Mary & your good self are going to "Bonnie Scotland" on the 22nd and I hope you will have a very pleasant journey going & returning. There is not any doubt that you will have a very happy time when you are there, and I feel certain the change will be beneficial to both of you. You might tell Uncle John that Revd Simon Hegarty R.C. Chaplain here & who holds the rank of Captain asked me to mention that when he next visits Scotland he will call on Uncle John. This particular Revd gentleman is Chaplain for our men amongst others.

I received the photographs & recognised Teddy also Mary who looks as pretty as ever & as if she were contemplating some mischief, while Teddy looked as if he was on parade.

I am pleased to mention that I am feeling better & hope to keep so for a long time. [Things] are a little exciting now, as we have had to get on parade suddenly at about 2 o'clock in the morning two mornings in succession, and you at home that is those who have not been on active service cannot realise when thousands of men are asleep at an early hour in the morning when suddenly the alarm is given & within a few minutes without a murmur, nothing but the flitting past each other of men from all directions each one knowing where to go & getting there without a single word & everything in utter darkness it is really wonderful, and in addition they will take their places & wait as long as an hour sometimes for the order to move it is impressive & has to be experienced to be realised of course no one dare delay or remain in bed a fraction of a second when the alarm goes.

Now I know you will be good to Mary and careful travelling and I am pleased that Aunt Flora will meet you at Kilmarnock as that will shorten the journey & it will not be so troublesome as going to Glasgow, besides it is not necessary, as you will get a connection from Kilmarnock without waiting too long.

Tell Mama I get the news daily of what is going on & we are a day ahead of you in regard to news. Very often a few hours after anything takes place we know about it, sometimes in a few minutes of course it is such a great undertaking as there has never been anything to approach it in the History of the World that we must have confidence and patience also hope that Almighty God may direct that it will soon terminate as our enemy must & do know they are beaten & it is foolish for them to continue, so we must trust to wisdom asserting itself soon. You & those not actively engaged can do what is in you power by earnest prayer, and it is powerful when persevered in. The influence of this war upon thinking people will be beneficial in regard to the future, if those who have power & influence will direct the thoughts of the people in the right way. I could write a lot but circumstances will not permit as you know so therefore I am content to know that you all at home are doing your very best & will continue to do so.

Where is Joe Bunting now if you have his address I will make another effort to see him. Doland may not be home for some time as all leave is stopped, anyway he will be home before I will & will give you a call. Time passes quickly here so please God it will not be so very long I hope until I will have the great happiness of being with you all again if only for a little time.

May God bless you all My dear Aileen, Mama, Mary, Tommy, Teddy & with my best love to you

I remain
My dear Aileen
Your affectionate father
Thos McMenemy

September 1916, Thomas to Aileen

Address as usual
20th September 16


My Dear Aileen,

Thankyou for your most interesting letter. I was very glad to learn from it that you are getting on so well at business, and as you remarked you are having plenty of amusement occasionally I can quite understand that as you were always up to some larks still I like to see people of that disposition it passes time pleasantly & does not do any harm. Now you mentioned in the concluding part of your letter that your dear little sister Mary had not been very well for about a week & at the time of writing did not seem much better, this information has naturally caused me some anxiety, & I wish you had given me more particulars - for example - had told me what the nature of her trouble & what the Doctor said about it. I sincerely hope my dear little daughter is getting better and that you will write & let me know how she is, do not let such a long interval of time elapse between your letters, as you are a good letter writer, that is your calligraphy & composition are good, besides you are gossipy of course that is natural.

I suppose you find the journey to & fro much more easy now the distance not being so long, & I hope you take care not to be too smart in mounting on and dismounting from trams & buses & also in crossing at termini you cannot be too careful, and especially if there are any "Tanks" about. Ask Teddy if he has seen a "Tank" yet. I might mention that it is the fellows from our camp that manage them & you would be surprised if you knew what the A.S.C. do & can do, they are indispensable & encounter danger more extensively than any other branch of the services because they are always on the move from place to place. You will meet an Infantry or Artillery man that has been in one district for months while ASC men have been over the whole line, in fact all over France & Belgium, especially the (M.T.)

I learn from your letter Miss Hills has got married she is a smart & good girl & I hope she will get on well in her new sphere of life. Young Doland is trying to get a commission. I hope he will succeed & am inclined to think he will as our Colonel is anxious to encourage him and in fact is always willing to help anyone that deserves consideration tell Mama he is a countryman of hers. I might add that he is a most hard working man, you can see him in the camp early in the morning & late at night always making improvements & studying the comfort of the men. We have some splendid officers really first class sensible men, in fact on active service all men are real & genuine there is not any gulf between them such as experienced at home. Officers & men work together as brothers & really sometimes I think the officers work more than the men.
Well my dear daughter Aileen I hope your dear little sister is better now & give her a whole lot of kisses for Papa. I trust Mama & your two nice smart brothers are first class. May God bless you dear Aileen Mary Tommy & Teddy & your dear good mother.

With my best love to you all

I remain
My dear Aileen
Yours affectionate father,
Thos McMenemy

September 1916, Thomas to Charles Edward (Teddy)

Private Thos McMenemy
S4/145494
No 10B Section
Army Services Corps
1st Base (MT) Depot
B.E.Force Rouen France
22-9-1916


My Dearest Teddy.

I received your Mama's letter today in which was contained the very pleasing information that your dear little sister & companion Mary was so much better as to be able to return to school. Now I hope Mary will soon be thoroughly well again and I am sure you will take care of her especially on wet & foggy days & if you think she should change her clothes when she gets home recommend her very nicely to do so & besides take care of yourself as the winter is now near & with the heavy traffic on the road you have to traverse it is necessary to be most careful. When I mention weather I am reminded that there is one inconvenience we do not experience here & that is we have not any foggy weather, but that is compensated for by rain. I only read today an article on "kit" for this climate & in it was stated a waterproof will only last about an hour in this rain, really that is very near the truth. Still when we have nice days in the winter they are very cheering, although awfully cold in the mornings.

Just fancy getting up in the morning & putting on your shoes sitting on the foot of your bed & your feet on the doorstep while the Angelus rings from the village church & the Bugle sounds the breakfast call & all is dark. When you go to wash you find all the old soldiers shaving etc. while the young ones are having a few minutes longer in bed, then you hear the steady tramp of men & the guard marches towards the square while you hear the pitter patter of the youth of the village going to their daily occupations, the sun rises and breakfast is over, the square is covered with parties of men they march off in various directions. Some go & look after "Tanks" & others on various necessary duties, conveying wounded to Hospitals, getting food etc., the housemaids of the army as some describe the A.S.C. Well Teddy have you seen a "Tank" yet, they are wonderful & there are surprises which we will give our enemy if they have not the sense to sue for peace soon. I suppose you have heard about the battle of the Somme film it is a very realistic description of many of the incidents in that advance. Some of the Tanks are named & our witty soldiers have christened them Somme bus (some bus) do you see the joke. There is not anything that escapes the jocularity of Tommy Atkins, outside a trench they had notices "Trenches raided at the shortest notice." Apply so and so. I daresay you have read some of them.

Well dear Teddy how is Tommy & how is dear Aileen. I hope they are both well & getting on first class. I am sincerely happy to know dear Mary is better & I hope you will all remain well & that I will have the great happiness of seeing you soon.

Please pray for me.

May God bless you all & with my best love to Mama, Tommy, Aileen, Mary & your brave little self. I remain dear Teddy

Your affectionate father,
Thos McMenemy

October 1916, Thomas to Aileen

Private Thos McMenemy
S4/145494
No 10B Section
Army Services Corps
1st Bas (MT) Depot
B.E.Force Rouen France
13-10-1916

My Dearest Aileen.

I received your very welcome letter and found it most interesting, especially with regard to the news that you were all well & happy, and also pleased to learn of your success as a collector for the "Sailors Fund" I have no doubt if the weather was nice it was rather a novel experience & I expect you had plenty of amusement one way or another, let me know how you got on & which of you done best. Well dear Aileen I think the prospect of getting leave is nearer & please God I may have the pleasure of seeing you all before Christmas. Several went off this week & there are others going on Sunday also next week & I hope it will be kept up it certainly will as far as our Colonel & officers are concerned they try their best but the needs of the war have to be attended to & therefore circumstances outside control our arrangements.

I suppose Tommy is busy now & hope he is not troubled any more with toothache and I trust Mama has got rid of her neuralgia also that Mary & Teddy are very well & as full of fun as ever. Tell Teddy we sometimes have "Charlie Chaplin" here & some very good pictures at times, the Cinema is managed by the Officer I work for & it is operated by some of our clerks in fact all the entertainments are given by members of the Corps, including the band which is a very good one. The men of the A.S.C. can do anything they build, paint, do gardening & in fact live independently of all outside help in addition to their war duties which are very hard & dangerous at times. Fancy a number of vehicles being driven through showers of shrapnel & shells, & not knowing where they are going to fall. This reminds me of a story of an Irish chap who was standing with his vehicle amidst such surroundings & when sympathised with he replied "sure I can only get the bits that fall at this spot, & if I was moving I would get those that are falling all over the ground" well it is typical of the soldier. I have seen the more difficult & dangerous position they are in, they make fun out of it, while on the other hand if they were waiting their turn to get into an entertainment they would be grumbling all the time.

Perhaps young Doland will give you a call in a week or two. I am going to see if there is any further news about Bunting next Sunday..
With my best love to you my dear daughter Aileen. Tommy, Mary, & Teddy also your dear good Mama

I remain
My dear Aileen
Your affectionate father,
Thos McMenemy

December 1916, Thomas to Aileen

Private Thos McMenemy
S4/145494
No 10B Section
Army Services Corps
1st Bas (MT) Depot
B.E.Force Rouen France
9-12-1916

My Dearest Aileen.

Thankyou for you very interesting letter also the letter which you enclosed from Mr Chambers. I was glad to learn you are all well & I am sure you will all be happy together & good to each other until I come home again. I was surprised to know that Turner had come to France & possibly I might come across him, suppose he has my address, I was sorry to hear of Truscott's accident and hope he will get better soon possibly he may have to leave the Army. Dick you mention called I suppose he will be coming to France.

Well my dear daughter I have been busy from bed to work & from work to bed, except Sunday afternoon when I go to the Cathedral where the surrounding are a great change from the camp & give a rest to the mind. The weather is as bad as can be & plenty of mud while it is cold & cheerless we do miss the fellows that have gone as they were some of the oldest soldiers in the camp, although smart young men, now we have a whole lot of new fellows who want a good deal of teaching, still there are so many men coming through that it is change from day to day.
I am glad you settled that matter referred to in Mr Chamber's letter & I must write to him soon. I have put off so long, not having time & one thing or another in fact not much to say of interest. I am pleased to know you are getting on well & you were looking first class when I saw you at home, you are quite a smart looking girl & I know you are good & will pray for Papa daily. I was very pleased to know Revd Fr. O'Sullivan was enquiring so kindly for me & so often as he is so sincere, all these items of news are pleasing to learn. I hope Tommy, Mary & Teddy are very well & getting on first class & that your dear Mother is keeping well & that you do not give her any unnecessary trouble. Be good to your Mama & stay at home with her as much as possible each one of you. Now I know you will pray for me & please God time will not be long in passing until this war is over & I am home with you again. With my best love to Mama, Tommy, Teddy & Mary & you my dear daughter Aileen. May God Bless you all.

I remain
Your affectionate
& loving Father,
Thos McMenemy

January 1917, First Letter from E.J. Burbidge to Sophia

1st Base M.T.Depot
B.E.F
France
10-1-1917

Dear Mrs McMenemy.

I feel it my duty to write and let you know that your husband has unfortunately been compelled to go to Hospital this morning. I do not wish to be alarming as I sincerely hope he will soon be quite well again. It is my opinion the severe weather we have had lately has upset him.

I seize the opportunity to express to you my esteem and gratitude to your husband, as he is the most trusted conscientious and hard worker I have working for me, in fact I shall more than miss him.

I shall go down to the Hospital tomorrow & see him, so I will let you know how he is going on.

I told him I would write and let you know that he was not well.


I am
Yours Faithfully,
E.J.Burbidge. Lt ASC

January 1917, Second Letter from E.J. Burbidge to Sophia

1st Base M.T.Depot
B.E.F
France

Dear Mrs McMenemy.

I trust by this time you have received my letter of yesterday concerning your husband.

I went to the hospital and saw him yesterday afternoon, but could not speak to him because he was asleep, so I sent a man up this morning & learn that his condition has not improved. Every care is taken of him & I have asked the Rev. Hagerty R.C. Chaplain who is a great friend of your husband to call and see him. The Sister in his ward is an awfully nice person indeed, and she is going to do all in her power for him. I shall also go up again tomorrow and will again write to you.

You can rest that every help possible will be done for him. If I hear again today I will write you tonight.

I am
Yours Faithfully,
E.J.Burbidge. Lt ASC

January 1917, Letter from J.J. Smith to Sophia

S4/146453 Cpl J.J. Smith.
10 Section 1st BMTD, B.E.F
Saturday, January 20, 1917

Mrs T. McMenemy.
Dear Madam,

I received your letter this morning and was greatly touched with the contents thereof, knowing what had happened since you wrote it. By this time of course you will have heard all. All your beloved husbands friends here, and he had a large number, sympathise with you under this dark cloud, and I pray that God shall comfort you in your trouble, that He shall sustain you under the heavy burden you have been called upon to bear, and that unto you and your dear children He shall grant a rich portion of His blessing. The respect paid to your loving husband, by all ever since he joined the colours, for I met him at Aldershot when he first came there in 1915, has been of the highest possible degree. The funeral which took place yesterday shall live with me as long as memory lasts. No handsome hearse, no silk hats, no frock coats were to be seen, but a large number of men in khaki, together with two ladies representing the YMCA along with the minister there, & party of French people with hearts of loving sympathy paid their last respects to your dear husband & their dear comrade. The priest from Rouen Cathedral with two boys headed the procession, then came the firing party, and alonside the hearse walked the underbearers, all being office colleagues of the same religion as himself. The coffin was covered by the Union Jack. Behind the hearse came the mourners, Lieut Burbidge & Capt Clayton (the Regimental Chaplain) in front. As we walked over the snow covered ground from the hospital to the churchyard, a distance of about 3/4 of a mile there was not a murmur, all was silent, everyone was too full to speak, for it was the funeral of a loved & greatly admired gentleman. Three volleys were fired over his grave & the "Last Post" sounded. The service was conducted by the priest of Rouen Cathedral in three languages - French, Latin, & English. At the conclusion of the service at the graveside the priest spoke for nearly ten minutes on the life of the hero who had just passed away. He said that Mr McMenemy had done what he came into this world to do - his duty. There was a great need for duty in this world & Mr McMenemy had used all the powers he possessed to meet that need. He died as he lived - a Christian. He liked nothing better, said the priest,than do a little service in the Cathedral on a Sunday, such as take the collection, and this he did every Sunday. He impressed upon those at the funeral to take an example from Mr McMenemy & try at all times & under all circumstances to live the life he lived.
Many British soldiers are buried in the ground where Mr McMenemy was laid to rest & the priest said ""Tell the people of England when you return, & tell Mr McMenemy's people, though these graves are a long way from them , though they are right out here in France, they shall be well looked after, they shall be greatly cared for, by we out here".

Everyone was touched by the whole service & I feel sure that Mr McMenemy, dear soul, would have wished nothing better.

Dear Mrs McMenemy we boys out here had great respect for your husband & have bought a wreath along with his officers Lt Burbidge, Lt Reach, & Lt Lambert, to cover his grave. It is a lovely wreath of ivy leaves, rose leaves, tea roses, & violets. Across the centre there is a broad red white & blue band tied in a bow at each end & across the band in gilt letters are written the words "In loving memory of our dear comrade Pte. T. McMenemy A.S.C."

He is not lost but only gone before & we that are here look upon his life as an example, & I feel myself that when the evening of my life doth come I would like my life to be like his, for surely then one could look back upon their past with satisfaction and like Paul say "I have finished the course, I have fought the good fight, I have kept the faith."

As I left the grave, the grave I shall visit many times before this war is over if I remain here, I though of the last words of Sydney Carton, Dickens character in the "Only Way". "'Tis a far better rest that he goes to than he has ever known".

Peace perfect peace with loved ones far away. In Jesus' keeping we are safe, and they.

God bless you & your children & have you in his keeping at all times.

I remain
Your beloved husband's office colleague,
John J Smith

 

August 1917, Letter for Jeanne Sprêcher to Sophia

12 Rue d'Etancourt
Bihorel-lès-Rouen

August 14th 1917

Dear Mrs MacMenemy.

I have been wanting to write to you for a long time, but I have not been able up till now to procure your address. I have been a Y.M.C.A worker in this M.T. Base for twenty months so one gets naturally interested in the men who come day after day to our hut. I may say that Mr MacMenemy was one of the finest characters that I ever came across in this depot. Having so often heard of you and your children through him I thought that I should like to send you a word of sympathy. I sincerely regret him, and often think what a great loss he must be to you all. Although he did not fall on the battle field he must be counted as a hero as he died serving his King and Country. I am sure you must feel very proud of him. It meant a great deal for a man of his age to give up his home and his family, he never was tired of speaking of you one could see that his desire was strong to be back again for good amongst you but his sense of duty kept him in France.

He is buried at Boisguillaume, as you know, and my home is only about twenty minutes' walk from the cemetery. I went to see his resting place two months ago with our present leader Mr Miller (a Scotch minister in Glasgow)..

I am sending you a postcard of the village church, and the cemetery where your husband is buried is quite close to it. It is a most peaceful spot.

With my deepest sympathy,

Believe me,
Very sincerely yours,

Jeanne Sprêcher

 

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