Erroll Pilkington Gillespie Letters
Letters from from Erroll Pilkington Gillespie to his family. Learn more.
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at getting leave up to London, as I have quite a few things in the way of kit etc. that I want to get. I believe Monday July 1st is a holiday, so I might arrange Sat Sun & Mon which would be pretty nice, however I cant count on it as "ten to one" I may be slated for a church parade on the Sunday which would queer the whole works! Last week we had another course in Mathy & had some lectures. Had an exam yesterday which was very simple. Tomorrow I understand we are starting on the Gun course (a class of about 20 altogether). Then one has to work like "Billie oh" the d- gun has 123 different parts & one has to know them off pat, be able to take it to pieces & put it together again etc! I can see where a machinical
BC Archives, MS-2685 Box 17 File 3 / OLIVER, William Edgar, 1867 – 1920. Victoria; lawyer. / Erroll P. Gillespie, correspondence outward, 1917 – 1919.