Letter from 23207 L/Cpl Frank Bentley, 2nd Bn Grenadier Guards, to his brother Cpl Arthur Bentley, Royal Army Medical Corps.
Written from the Guards Depot, Caterham, Postmarked 27 July 1915.
Frank expects an immediate move to Chelsea Barracks; expects to be ready for the Front by September but must have an operation on his varicose veins before he will be allowed to go.
Frank Bentley was killed in action at Gauche Wood, near Gouzeaucourt, 1 Dec 1917; his name appears on the Cambrai Memorial, Louveral.
Associated with World War One, Home Front (1914-1918).