Deborah Florence Glassford Letters and Memorabilia
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My dear old Dodie, | 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. | |
| − | The very worst has happened - No, | + | On the Tuesday morning definitive information came through that all officers |
| − | not what you think, but something much worse | + | inbound[?] for France were to be in Shorncliffe Station at 9.30 am Wednesday, of course we were all as cheery as men could possibly be. |
| − | - My name was deleted from the list of | + | About 2.30 Tuesday afternoon the list came in, & my name was not there. I at once thought it was a clerical error, & went to the Brigade Office, & in about 1/2 hour I heard that it was not a clerical error - By Jove - I then got busy - I again went to the Bde Office & got them to telephone to the Reinforcement officer & got it confirmed. I ran out, got a horse & galloped over to Shorncliffe to Divisional Headquarters, there found out that my 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 man here to know anything, I could do no more. Whether he was lying, of course I can't tell. |
| − | Officers sent over to France last Wednesday. | + | |
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| − | On the Tuesday morning definitive | + | |
| − | information came through | + | |
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| − | Station at 9.30 am Wednesday, of course | + | |
| − | we were all as cheery as men could possibly be. | + | |
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| − | About 2.30 Tuesday afternoon the list | + | |
| − | came in, & my name was not there. I at once | + | |
| − | thought it was a clerical error, went to | + | |
| − | the Brigade Office, & in about 1/2 | + | |
| − | that it was not a clerical error - By Jove - | + | |
| − | I then got busy - I again went to the Bde Office | + | |
| − | & got them to telephone to the Reinforcement officer | + | |
| − | & got it confirmed. I ran out, got a horse | + | |
| − | & galloped over to Shorncliffe to Divisional | + | |
| − | Headquarters, there found out that my 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 man | + | |
| − | here to know anything, I could do no more. Whether | + | |
| − | he was lying, of course I can't tell. | + | |
BC Archives, MS-0089 | BC Archives, MS-0089 | ||
| − | Box 1 | + | Box 1 |
| − | GLASSFORD, Deborah Florence (Leighton) | + | File 4 |
| + | GLASSFORD, Deborah Florence (Leighton). Vancouver | ||
Correspondence inward, 1916. | Correspondence inward, 1916. | ||
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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 that all officers inbound[?] for France were to be in Shorncliffe Station at 9.30 am Wednesday, of course we were all as cheery 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, & went to the Brigade Office, & in about 1/2 hour I heard that it was not a clerical error - By Jove - I then got busy - I again went to the Bde Office & got them to telephone to the Reinforcement officer & got it confirmed. I ran out, got a horse & galloped over to Shorncliffe to Divisional Headquarters, there found out that my 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 man here to know anything, I could do no more. Whether he was lying, of course I can't tell.
BC Archives, MS-0089 Box 1 File 4 GLASSFORD, Deborah Florence (Leighton). Vancouver Correspondence inward, 1916.