Letter from Captain Alexander Wallace to his fiancee Ethel, 13 September 1916.
One of circa 143 letters, 1913-1918 written by Capt Alexander F Wallace, a medical officer, attached A Coy, British South Africa Police, to his fiancée, Ethel (later his wife), World War One, East Africa (1914-1918).
Wallace writes, ‘It is no good trying to prophesy about the end of the this war- it seems as far off as ever. I am just longing to see my own Girl again… I wish we were sitting beside the fire again – it seems too good to think about.’