THE ROYAL CLUB FOR OFFICERS BEYOND THE SEAS, AT THE ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB.

THE ROYAL OVERSEAS OFFICERS CLUB, AT THE R.A.C. PALL MALL, LONDON, S.W.1.

"OVERFRONT LONDON."

RECENT 5000

December 13, 1917

Dearest Mother,

As you will no doubt see by the note paper I have got some leave at last and am able to do a thing or two I wanted in town here. I did not write you last Sunday as I had a forced landing through engine trouble some distance from the aerodrome early Sunday morning. I landed quite comfortably in a nice field but had to stay till Monday. On getting back I was told that my application for leave

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