Lily Sones to her family "He passed the flag without saluting so the British escort officer yanked him back by the collar, and after he saluted" Sent from: India
Lt. Corporal Frank Champkin to Florence Champkin "I am a prisoner of war. I am fit and well. Hope you are." Sent from: Changi POW camp Singapore Date of letter: 20 June 1942
Stanley Robert Hawke to his mother Mary "Glad you well. I am." Sent from: Changi, Singapore Date of letter: 8 August 1944
Able Seaman Rayner Blanch to his parents Eric and Biddy Blanch "I'm glad to have the chance of doing something constructive for the war, or what is more important, the peace." Sent from: Sydney, Australia Date of letter: 15 September 1945
Hettie Martha Jarvis to her son Paul "The news came here through the Post Office and the Lady Mrs Edwards went up and down the village with a bell, calling the people up. We could see flares going up over Holyhead and some searchlights of some ships waving to and fro in the sky." Sent from: Llanfachraeth, Isle of Anglesey, North Wales Date of letter: 16 August 1945
John Kyles Ewing to John Aveyard Ewing "Dawn harbours surely / East of the shadows. Facing us somewhere / Spread the sweet meadows" Sent from: Shanghai, China
Maurice Morgan to his mother Nellie Morgan "I've been seeing a fair bit of the world since I left and it didn't take me long to find out that 'there's no place like home'." Sent from: Bombay, India Date of letter: 8 September 1945
Chester Barrington to Joan Barrington "I'm glad nobody wants me to go on a parade for Victory. I'm content just to know that it's all over and be very thankful." Date of letter: 19 August 1945
Jim Hall to Elizabeth Allison (nee Hall) "Tell him to have a one for me we will have one together next Xmas" Sent from: Burma Date of letter: 10 December 1944
John Sanderson to Jean Hubbard "I'll think of you, No matter where you are, If it be near or far, I'll think of you." Sent from: Hong Kong
Morrit Senior to his son Ernest "Although we are far apart in the flesh, we shall be with you in spirit at Christmas." Sent from: Upper Hopton, West Yorkshire Date of letter: 22 November 1944
Bill to his brother Edward ‘Ted’ Korten "We were promised that we would be home for Christmas. Unfortunately they didn't state which year." Sent from: Insein, Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar) Date of letter: 28 November 1945
Marjorie Garbutt (nee Walker) to her fiancé Bill "I can't grasp that I'll have you home soon, that all this slaughter has ceased, we pray God, for ever." Sent from: Sunderland Date of letter: 16 August 1945
Dr Robert Wise Holden Tincker to Kathleen Tincker "Our dreams have certainly come true, the nightmare is over and I am on my way home!" Sent from: Yokohama, Japan Date of letter: 18 September 1945
Leonard Walter Knott to Joan Kingham "We go from Bangkok to Rangoon by air, perhaps tomorrow then home." Sent from: Thailand Date of letter: 23 September 1945
Arthur to Gladys Slater "I received your letter and air-mail card and I am sorry to hear you have had the usual English summer. The climate here is perfect, with the sun shining every day." Sent from: Poona, India Date of letter: 21 November 1942
Letters from Patricia Harvey "I have done a little more work this week - okay no wise cracks - but the WAAF do work occasionally but up in forties section they really are hard at work" Sent from: Brighton
Constance May Carr-Jones to Stanley "I am now going to find all my red, white and blue things so I'll be able to dress up in good style." Sent from: Liverpool Date of letter: 1 May 1945
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