Letter from Sgt Edward J Murphy, Sgts Mess, ‘L’ I B D to his wife, Molly, 23 Jun 1918.
Still at the Base. Took a staff job as Master Cook. No chance of getting leave soon.
Went through 8 days of fighting and is writing to her from a convalescent camp, recovering from back injury. Assures her that despite everything ‘spirit is good amongst all the troops’.
From a collection of letters of Sgt Edward J Murphy, serving in France with No 2 Coy Army Service Corps 6th Divisional Train, and later the 8th Bedfordshire Regiment, to his fiancée and then wife Miss Molly Chewe, 1916-1918.
Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918) 1918.