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, White City, London, and postmarked 19 Mar 1915.
Describing how he is sorry to hear that Arthur has been scalded; he expects to leave for Caterham in about a week for field work, digging trenches, and is looking forward to having a rifle.
Frank Bentley was killed in action at Gauche Wood, near Gouzeaucourt, 1 Dec 1917; his name appears on the Cambrai Memorial, Louveral.