was most glad to hear from you though it wrings my heart when I think of you brave little Mother, with such a longing and fear for me.

Mother I am not in France yet. We go to England for further training so I won't be in danger for some time to come, so please don't worry about me. You seem to think that I had steady job instructing, and that I threw it up to go overseas, but such is not the case. In the army you go where you are sent, do what you are told and have little say in the matter. You see as the cadets here become proficient in flying some some are sent to instruct while others go directly overseas, then as more cadets are trained the ones who were instructing are gradually sent to England, being replaced perhaps, by some of their old pupils.

BC Archives, 93-6553 Box 4 DREWRY FAMILY Selected Correspondence, 1917 – 1919.