letter, envelope, letter
Accession Number

NAM.2001-06-219-5

Description

Manuscript note to his son, Errol, sent by Pte Wilfred Jackson Porteous, 10th Hussars, attached to 18th Hussars, British Expeditionary Force, World War One, 31 Dec 1917. Written on the back of his son’s Beeston Hill Parish Church Day School report for the term ended Christmas 1917. From a collection of 7 letters and one postcard sent by Porteous from the Western Front referring to Christmas 1917 at the front, family matters (two children called Errol and Kathleen), relatives, feelings about the war and weather.

Campaigns

World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)

Associated collection