John Haworth Drewry Letters
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I am afraid it is some time since I have written you and I've received several letters from you. | I am afraid it is some time since I have written you and I've received several letters from you. | ||
| − | You seem to think that I will be home in short order, but from what I can see of this demobilization it is quite possible that I shall be kept for two or three months yet. The English never seem happy till they are hopelessly smothered and bound in illimitable | + | You seem to think that I will be home in short order, but from what I can see of this demobilization it is quite possible that I shall be kept for two or three months yet. The English never seem happy till they are hopelessly smothered and bound in illimitable red-tape. It's sickening! |
| − | The day after Christmas I got twelve days leave and | + | The day after Christmas I got twelve days leave and hied me to Pontefract, to find a big party there. Besides the whole Blomfield family there were Tommy D-B., his |
| − | BC Archives, 93-6553 | + | BC Archives, 93-6553 Box 4 / DREWRY FAMILY / Selected Correspondence, 1917–1919. |
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AEROPLANE EXPERIMENTAL STATION, MARTLESHAM HEATH, NR WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK.
Jan 9, 1919.
Dear Mother
I am afraid it is some time since I have written you and I've received several letters from you.
You seem to think that I will be home in short order, but from what I can see of this demobilization it is quite possible that I shall be kept for two or three months yet. The English never seem happy till they are hopelessly smothered and bound in illimitable red-tape. It's sickening!
The day after Christmas I got twelve days leave and hied me to Pontefract, to find a big party there. Besides the whole Blomfield family there were Tommy D-B., his
BC Archives, 93-6553 Box 4 / DREWRY FAMILY / Selected Correspondence, 1917–1919.