letter, letter
Accession Number
NAM.2014-10-27-67
Description
Letter by Lt Ronald Hughes, A Troop, 438 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery, to his mother, addressed from Shorne near Gravesend, Kent, 6 Nov 1944. Letter concerns his thoughts on the war in Europe and the conditions of soldiers at the front; the arrival of a mixed anti-aircraft battery, his thoughts on the difficulties of running such units and the administration of his own battery. From a collection of 78 letters and an invitation card by Henry Ronald Hughes (known as Ronald) (1907-1981), Royal Regiment of Artillery, written between September 1939 and 23 Feb 1946. Associated with World War Two, Home Front (1939-1945) and World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945).
Campaigns
World War Two, Home Front (1939-1945)
Associated collection