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Letter, 4 Sept 1915. From 2/Lt Howard Hicklenton to his parents in London, on Union Club, Alexandria, Egypt headed note paper. 2/Lt Hicklenton has not received a letter from his parents since leaving Malta. ‘...it does not look as though we shall get to the Dardanelles yet, but of course we are hoping to one day...news is just as scarce here as it was in England’. With accompanying envelope, postage free with manuscript ‘On Active Service’ and ‘BASE ARMY POST OFFICE [number indistinguishable] A 6 SP 15’. 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)