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Deborah Florence Glassford Letters and Memorabilia

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his dear old [ name ],
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East Sandling
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Kent
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7 Augt 1916
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My dear old Dodie,
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The very worst has happened - No,
 
The very worst has happened - No,
 
not what you think, but something much worse
 
not what you think, but something much worse
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- his name was deleted from the list of  
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- My name was deleted from the list of  
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Officers sent over to [ ? ] last Wednesday.
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Officers sent over to France last Wednesday.
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On the Tuesday morning definitive
 
On the Tuesday morning definitive
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information came through [ ? ] officers
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information came through Kent all officers
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Worried for [ name ] were ? the in Shorncliffe
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wioored[?] for France were to be in Shorncliffe
 
Station at 9.30 am Wednesday, of course
 
Station at 9.30 am Wednesday, of course
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we were all as [ ? ] as ... be.
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we were all as ch[?]ng as men could possibly be.
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about 2.30 Tuesday afternoon the list
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came in, [ ? ] name was not there. I  
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About 2.30 Tuesday afternoon the list
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Thought it was a clerical error, [ ? ]
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came in, & my name was not there. I at once
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the [ name ] Office, + about 1/2 hours I learned
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thought it was a clerical error, & [?]d to
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that it was not a clerical error - By [ ? ]
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the Brigade Office, & in about 1/2 hours I learned
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I then got busy - I again went to the [ ? ] Officer
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that it was not a clerical error - By June
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got them to telephone to the reinforcement officer
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I then got busy - I again went to the Bde Office
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got to confirm - I ran got a horse
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& got them to telephone to the Reinforcement officer
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+ followed over to Shorncliffe to [ ? ]
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& got to confirmed. I ran out, got a horse
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headquarters, [ ?] found and that way [ ?] had
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& followed over to Shorncliffe to Divisional
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been sent through with all the others to the war
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Headquarters, there foundout that wmy name had
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office, that it came back with my name + [ ?]
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been sent through with all the others to the War
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others can't ... and he is the highest [ ?]  
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Office, that it came back with my name & several
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have to [ ? ] anything, I could do no more. Whether
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others cut out. As he is the highest [ ?]  
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here to [ ? ] anything, I could do no more. Whether
 
he was lying, of course I can't tell.
 
he was lying, of course I can't tell.

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East Sandling

Kent

7 Augt 1916


My dear old Dodie,

The very worst has happened - No, not what you think, but something much worse - My name was deleted from the list of Officers sent over to France last Wednesday.

On the Tuesday morning definitive information came through Kent all officers wioored[?] for France were to be in Shorncliffe Station at 9.30 am Wednesday, of course we were all as ch[?]ng as men could possibly be.

About 2.30 Tuesday afternoon the list came in, & my name was not there. I at once thought it was a clerical error, & [?]d to the Brigade Office, & in about 1/2 hours I learned that it was not a clerical error - By June I then got busy - I again went to the Bde Office & got them to telephone to the Reinforcement officer & got to confirmed. I ran out, got a horse & followed over to Shorncliffe to Divisional Headquarters, there foundout that wmy name had been sent through with all the others to the War Office, that it came back with my name & several others cut out. As he is the highest [ ?] here to [ ? ] anything, I could do no more. Whether he was lying, of course I can't tell.