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Letter, 25 Sep 1915. From 2/Lt Howard Hicklenton in Egypt to his parents in London on headed note paper. With a sketch of the Alexandria coast showing the 2/4th Bn City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)’s camp near the Sporting Club. He hears that SS Southland has been torpedoed and talks of Zeppelins in London and says that ‘Somehow we don’t think we shall see Gallipoli...but as Greece is mobilised now and Bulgaria is going in with Germany we think we may go to Greece and help them’. With accompanying 4th Bn Royal Fusiliers crested envelope franked by Egyptian dark red 5 milliemes postage stamp and date-stamped Alexandria, 27 Sep 1915. From a collection of 54 letters and postcards with accompanying envelopes, 1915-1916. Associated with World War One, Gallipoli, Malta and Egypt.

World War One, Air Operations (1914-1918), World War One, War at Sea (1914-1918), World War One, Egypt and Palestine (1914-1918)