letter, letter
Accession Number
NAM.2014-10-27-12
Description
Letter by Gnr Ronald Hughes, 225 Light Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment, Royal Artillery, to his wife Phyllis, written at Newquay, Cornwall, dated only Friday, possibly 27 Jun 1941. Letter concerns his first few days of Army service, describing his feelings about the army with comments on medical inspections and injections, his comrades, filling in forms, food, barracks and the issuing of kit. From a collection of 78 letters and an invitation card by Henry Ronald Hughes (known as Ronald) (1907-1981), Royal Regiment of Artillery, written between September 1939 and 23 Feb 1946. Associated with World War Two, Home Front (1939-1945) and World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945).
Campaigns
World War Two, Home Front (1939-1945)
Associated collection