Daniel Muldoon to his parents "You want to see the French people greeting us pet. When they see we are English they throw flowers and everything at our lorry's. It nearly makes you cry sometimes when you see them." Sent from: Sussex, UK & Normandy, France Date of letter: 25 July 1944
James Frank Ineson to his parents "I do not want any form of mourning whatever unless Poli wants to string some balloons up in the garden!"
Leonard Cox to his brother George "All well and safe. Please don't worry. My thoughts are with." Sent from: Egypt Date of letter: 14 July 1943
Walter Young to his wife Doris "I feel sure that Morris, Trevor and Kenneth would have a good time because being young world affairs would not worry them in the least and I know when I was home last you were well prepared for Xmas." Sent from: At sea Date of letter: 28 November 1941
Fred Fitt to his wife Elsie "I am getting thrilled now to think I shall soon be on old Blighty’s shore once again."
Major Frank Henry Land to his wife Dorothy "It's a good job one is so fully occupied making the time pass quickly otherwise I should go dotty" Sent from: Penang, Malaysia Date of letter: 26 March 1941
Philip Warwick to his children John and Yvonne "I shall go down fighting, my dears. I'm not a hero. But just one of those ordinary guys that is doing a job to try to help end this war, and to help make this country of ours fit for you, and other boys and girls, to live." Sent from: R.A.F. Pocklington, Yorks
Ernest Payne to his wife Grace from the D-Day landings “By the time you get this letter, it will be common talk that the invasion is on. At the moment I am writing this on the boat going over to wherever it is we are going to." Sent from: Normandy coast
Billy Bond to his mother "My pipe is going fine. I only finish early enough to go out about twice a week and I suppose that sitting in the mess watching the other chaps smoking pipes made me take it up." Sent from: RAF Bicester Date of letter: 11 February 1941
Capt. George Carmichael to his fiancée Beryl "Things like this make me glad we did not get married before I left since it won’t be so bad for you if anything happens to me." Sent from: Gazala, Libya Date of letter: 6 May 1942
Sgt Dick Stuart to his family "Our crew has been picked to make a film… Of course it has the usual tripe attached to it. The scenes will be "shot" after an actual "op", but we are supposed to enter looking as fresh as daisies, clean-shaven not a hair out of place & a crease in our pants." Sent from: R.A.F. Skellingthorpe Date of letter: 22 December 1943
Army Records Office to Mary Allen "It is my painful duty to inform you that a report has been received from the War Office notifying the death of :— ALLEN Richard James"
Stephen Lewis Evans to his wife Sal “The Second Mate is a very good man, but I don’t think that of the Mate. I think he is crackers.” Sent from: SS Corheath, Portsmouth Date of letter: 22 January 1944
John F Gordelier to his son Jack "I don’t think we have much longer to wait now before all this lot is over" Sent from: Ceylon, Burma Date of letter: 9 January 1943
Lt William Richard Watkins to his wife and daughter "The war still seems to be going on fairly well. I hope that we can keep it up. I think we shall. My God what a great day it will be when it ends. I should think everyone would go mad or something." Sent from: Florence, Italy Date of letter: 31 August 1944
Herbert Reed to his wife Hilda "Less than eight weeks to wait for leave - assuming that fate is kind - and why shouldn't she be? We're an awfully nice couple!" Sent from: Wadebridge Cornwall Date of letter: 15 April 1944
Ted Shadforth to his sister Winifred "I don't suppose you have much time to read Shakespeare these days, but it will help"
Ronnie Pearce to Elsie Pearce "Elsie could you send me a small cake and I'll send you the money for it"
Hubert Strange to Elizabeth Britton "I expect the avenue looks very funny with all the railings down" Date of letter: 6 January 1943
L/AC Ronald James Branker to his infant son "The times I have been able to spend with you have been so very, very pleasant and in that respect I count myself very lucky, as there are many fathers today who have not yet seen their sons or daughters and there are many who never will." Sent from: Holmsley, Christchurch
Capt Kenneth Baker to his father "I hope you don't think me melodramatic Dad, but I think you'll understand" Sent from: India Date of letter: 4 November 0144
Wing Commander R J Goswell to Margaret Mullen "I would like you to know how much I and the boys of the Squadron sympathise with you in your terrible anxiety and hope that even yet we may hear news of John’s safety." Date of letter: 11 July 1941
Hannah McWaters to her husband Alfred on the SS Ceramic "It was in the paper dear that the ship had gone down but that's the German Talk" Sent from: Liverpool Date of letter: 17 December 1942
Charles William Maw to Emily Ella Maw "I say thanks to you both with all my heart" Sent from: Audrieu, France
Private James Kirkwood to his mother Elizabeth "I am glad to hear that Roy has started work again and you say that he has not got his teeth yet" Sent from: Dornoch, Scotland Date of letter: 21 October 1940
John Batten Smith to his aunt Thelma Biddlecombe "So this is what you call an A1 group. From the Bomber side it probably is and the Squadron is definitely a good set. But from the point of view of promotion it's terrible." Sent from: RAF Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire Date of letter: 13 January 1944
F/Lt. Bruce Wild Andrew to Margo Goodwin (nee Robertson) "Ever since yesterday I have been probably the happiest bloke on squadron, because the post brought me your photograph enlargement." Sent from: Italy Date of letter: 15 April 1944
James Chapman to Harriet Chapman "We are still having a fairly good trip, and manage to find plenty of amusement, through we have to make a lot of it ourselves"
Robert B McWilliams to Lily McWilliams "My darling, as I send these greetings, even though we are far, far apart, I still have the sweet cherished memories That I keep in the place next my heart." Sent from: Monte Cassino, Italy Date of letter: 3 March 1944
Kenneth Charles Judd to Eleanor Carnegie Judd "I've done a number of trips and I have been lucky so far but like a game of cards your luck can't hold out." Sent from: Walton, Norfolk Date of letter: 26 August 1941
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