John Haworth Drewry Letters
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The war is over! Or at least the deadly part of it is. If London is symbolic of the Empire never has a nation so rejoiced. The crowds immediately went mad when the news of the signing of the armistice was published - and they stayed mad till the early hours of this morning, two days later. Never have I seen such sights and I am sure I never will again. They absolutely beggar description. | The war is over! Or at least the deadly part of it is. If London is symbolic of the Empire never has a nation so rejoiced. The crowds immediately went mad when the news of the signing of the armistice was published - and they stayed mad till the early hours of this morning, two days later. Never have I seen such sights and I am sure I never will again. They absolutely beggar description. | ||
| − | Whom do you think I was with on "Victory Day"? Robin Watt and his mother. Robin has now been wounded four times, the last a couple of months ago while | + | Whom do you think I was with on "Victory Day"? Robin Watt and his mother. Robin has now been wounded four times, the last a couple of months ago while he was A.D.C. to |
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| + | BC Archives, 93-6553 Box 4 / DREWRY FAMILY / Selected Correspondence, 1917–1919. | ||
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c/o "OVERFRONT LONDON."
THE ROYAL CLUB FOR OFFICERS BEYOND THE SEAS, AT THE ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB, PALL MALL, LONDON, S.W.1.
REGENT 5000
November 13, 1918
Dearest Mother: -
The war is over! Or at least the deadly part of it is. If London is symbolic of the Empire never has a nation so rejoiced. The crowds immediately went mad when the news of the signing of the armistice was published - and they stayed mad till the early hours of this morning, two days later. Never have I seen such sights and I am sure I never will again. They absolutely beggar description.
Whom do you think I was with on "Victory Day"? Robin Watt and his mother. Robin has now been wounded four times, the last a couple of months ago while he was A.D.C. to
BC Archives, 93-6553 Box 4 / DREWRY FAMILY / Selected Correspondence, 1917–1919.