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Letter, 4 Feb 1916. From 2/Lt Howard Hicklenton in Wardan, near Cairo, Egypt, to his parents in London. Expresses annoyance and disappointment at the government’s announcement that they ‘would like to give leave to all troops from Gallipoli but they could not do it owing to difficulties with the ships’. With accompanying envelope, postage free with manuscript inscription ‘On Active [Ser]vice’, Field Post Office I 60 circular date stamp, ‘+’ 6 Feb 1916, 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, Egypt and Palestine (1914-1918)