Letter, 2 Oct 1915.
From 2/Lt Howard Hicklenton, on garrison duty at Fort Kom-el-Dik, Alexandria, to his parents in London.
Letter gives details of daily camp routine and company officers, ‘[we] should have been in Gallipoli by now had it not been for the Bulgarian trouble’, still expecting to go to Greece and praising the Allies’ progress in the war.
With accompanying envelope franked by Egyptian dark red 5 milliemes postage stamp and date-stamped Alexandria, date indistinguishable.
From a collection of 54 letters and postcards with accompanying envelopes, 1915-1916.
Associated with World War One, Gallipoli, Malta and Egypt.