NAM.2002-06-24-22

Typed letter, 1914 (c). Name of recipient is not given but it was obviously issued to L/Cpl W F Eve. From Capt M M Shattock, OC Depot at 58 Buckingham Gate, stating that [L/Cpl Eve’s] name is on the Recruits’ Waiting List for the Queen’s Westminster Rifles (16th Bn City of London Regiment) and asking [L/Cpl Eve] to inform him by return whether he is willing to go on Foreign Service. The back side of the form contains a written message which reads: ‘Sir, I stated my willingness to go on Foreign Service when at Headquarters and I now confirm it. Yours faithfully W J Eve.’. One of twenty seven items relating to 2/Lt William Francis Eve, 6th (City of London) Bn, The London Regiment, formerly L/Cpl W F Eve 1/16th (County of London Bn), The London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), 1914-1920.

World War One (1914-1918)