George Norton to his mother "GIVE MY LOVE TO ALL, SEND PLENTY OF LETTERS. KEEP CHINS UP." Sent from: POW Camp, Malaya
Aircraftman John Kirk to his mother "Am prisoner of war, unwounded in best health and spirits" Sent from: Yokohama Date of letter: 7 August 1942
Charlie Hanreck letters "The Bearer... signed under duress a written oath of absolute obedience to all orders of DAI NIPPON GUN"
Major James Dempsey to the widow of Harry Lucas "I would like to express to you in this letter of respect for your husband, that I feel the news of his death so much more keenly than I ever imagined" Sent from: Cookham-on-Thames, Maidenhead Date of letter: 17 October 1949
Lt. J.G. Sauvage to the widow of Wilfred Arthur Elliot "His last journey was as fine as we could make it. The floral tributes from his many friends were beautiful tropical flowers. He lies at rest in one of the more beautiful spots on the island, a well cared-for garden of rest, beautiful trees and flowers bloom all the year round" Sent from: At sea Date of letter: 27 September 1945
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
Malcolm Ingleby Scott to his father Thomas Davison Scott "If I have been reported wounded do not worry as I am fit now. Although underweight I am in good health and spirits." Sent from: Fukushima, Japan Date of letter: 13 April 1944
Alan Hicks to his mother Agnes "Germany is really a lovely country. For pretty houses, it takes some beating" Sent from: Germany Date of letter: 11 September 1944
Andrew Douglass to his brother Colin "What a war! Lot to talk about when finished." Sent from: Scottish Highlands Date of letter: 24 December 1943
Fred Fitt to his wife Elsie "I am getting thrilled now to think I shall soon be on old Blighty’s shore once again."
Sister Mary to the wife of a soldier who had helped repair her convent "Your dear husband is now like one of our selves roaming at will from room to room and filling the house all day with his merry whistling. God has been very good to bring him unscratched through so many and great dangers." Sent from: Rangoon Date of letter: 7 September 1945
Edward Cecil Sawyer to his later fiancée, Cathleen Dixon "Please forgive me for writing without due introduction... As much as [Jack] would like to correspond with you, he tells me one letter issued a week is a bit of a problem when one has as many friends to keep in touch with" Sent from: Poland Date of letter: 1 December 1942
Wilfred Beel to his family "I am a prisoner of war and I am fit and well, trust you are the same at home. Keep smiling" Sent from: Changi Jail, Singapore
Letters to Bert Burtenshaw "I can’t tell you how I pleased I was to receive that card and to know you are alive and well, it is four months since I have heard anything from you."
Reginald Day to his family "Last Monday was the Day of the Great Event when the Russians marched into the camp; then the Americans arrived on Wednesday" Sent from: Stalag IVB, Muhlberg, Germany Date of letter: 28 April 1945
Lance Cpl Miles Partrige to his sister Margaret "The old ending to a letter ‘It won’t be long now’ is rather worn out and so I’ll just say. All the very best." Sent from: Posen, Poland
Capt Wilfrid Holmes Stapleford to his mother "Since yesterday morning I have been at a ‘Displaced Persons’ Camp, and have had very little time to spare. I have had a very hectic time trying to cope, but they come in in hundreds – all nationalities, and mostly P.O.W.s." Sent from: Berlin
Joe Profit to his wife Tessie on her birthday "Somebody cares a lot for you / Where ever you are, what ever you do" Sent from: Stalag IVB Date of letter: 25 April 1944
Flight Sergeant Norman Woodford Davies to his sister Patricia "I'm sure I shall find it difficult to recognise you again. How about a photograph?" Sent from: Stallag Luft III, near Sagan, Germany Date of letter: 7 July 1944
Craftsman Leonard Eldridge to his mother Florence "Mother would you kindly send me a letter or some kind of word you see it his a pretty long time now since I heard from you, if you could send me a few lines I would be very grateful" Sent from: Hospital near Caserta, Italy
Major J S Holland to his wife Kathleen "Some of my companions were reduced to boiled nettles and dandelion leaves. This will give you some idea of the state of hunger which existed. Some days we had no strength to do anything but just lie in bed" Sent from: Brunswick, Germany Date of letter: 13 April 1945
June Baker to her brother Dennis "We saw Henry V when we went up to London, it is the best film I have ever seen, although it is from one of Shakespeare’s plays not even Daddy found it a bit dry." Sent from: Thame, Oxfordshire Date of letter: 1 January 1945
To Richard Fowler from his mother "It is heartbreaking that we cannot send you things as you must be feeling very wobbly after such a bad attack - we shall get the things ready and despatch them the moment we get permission." Sent from: Thornton Heath, Surrey Date of letter: 1 July 1943
To Laurie Collins from his family "What a heaven sent message to hear that you are alive and we hope well. It was wonderful for which we truly thank God." Sent from: Grimsby
Inez Richardson to her husband Richard "I have a lot of jobs waiting for you when you come home. I know you will enjoy doing them for me" Sent from: Irlam, Manchester Date of letter: 21 January 1944
Herbert Moore to his father Charles "Today we evacuated a Jap hospital which had our lads in. The sight I will never forget. All very thin with legs as big as my arms." Sent from: Japan Date of letter: 9 September 1945
Ronald Daniells to his wife Florence "We were released by the Americans last Tuesday and since then have been well looked after, it’s good to be a free man again." Sent from: Markt Pongau, Austria Date of letter: 13 May 1945
Georgina Bamber to her son Eric "What your life is like I dare not think, but I know you my dear will make the best of a bad job, and try to take as much care of yourself as possible under the circumstances, because you know we are all waiting and longing for the day when you will return." Sent from: Preston, Lancashire Date of letter: 23 May 1943
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