Erroll Pilkington Gillespie Letters
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We disembarked [yesterday?] after [lying?] in London over a week and are now about three miles outside Salonika in a camp. Dont know when we start up for the front but hope pretty soon. | We disembarked [yesterday?] after [lying?] in London over a week and are now about three miles outside Salonika in a camp. Dont know when we start up for the front but hope pretty soon. | ||
Its a great looking town quite the district plan I even saw but quaint. I hope to go in tomorrow as I want some things. The town is full of [Greek?] soldiers, some of them | Its a great looking town quite the district plan I even saw but quaint. I hope to go in tomorrow as I want some things. The town is full of [Greek?] soldiers, some of them | ||
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| + | BC Archives, MS-2685 Box 17 File 2 / OLIVER, William Edgar, 1867-1920. Victoria; lawyer. Erroll P. Gillespie, correspondence outward, 1915-1917. | ||
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[?] my [division?] c/o [G.P.O?] London
Dec. 14th, 1915
Dear Erroll,
I hear the mail may go off tomorrow morning so heres a scrawl to let you know I am on dry land again.
We disembarked [yesterday?] after [lying?] in London over a week and are now about three miles outside Salonika in a camp. Dont know when we start up for the front but hope pretty soon. Its a great looking town quite the district plan I even saw but quaint. I hope to go in tomorrow as I want some things. The town is full of [Greek?] soldiers, some of them
BC Archives, MS-2685 Box 17 File 2 / OLIVER, William Edgar, 1867-1920. Victoria; lawyer. Erroll P. Gillespie, correspondence outward, 1915-1917.