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Letter, 30 November 1915. From 2/Lt Howard Hicklenton in Gallipoli to his parents in London, requesting winter clothing. 2/Lt Hickenton comments ‘We have just heard that Turkey has offered to shut up shop if the Allies pay her £4,000,000 & she in exchange will give us the use of the Straits, that Britain & Russia have agreed & France is thinking it over’, ‘everything is really very quiet here & really there is nothing to do’. With accompanying envelope, postage free with manuscript ‘On Active Service’, ‘FIELD POST OFFICE [N.L.I ]+ 1 DE15’ circular date stamp, passed by censor no 2566 with red crown square stamp, signed H Hicklenton. 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, Gallipoli (1915-1916)