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Photocopy handwritten letter, 20 Dec 1914. Addressed to ‘Bill’, presumably William Francis Eve. Sent by L/Cpl Eve’s father and mother, Eve’s father expresses his hope that his son is not too uncomfortable in the trenches and informs him that he received his card dated 16th Dec. He also relates such information as the bombardment of Whitby, Scarborough and Hartlepool in which 500 people, mostly women and children, were killed and the increasing number of men seeking to join Kitchener’s new army. 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)