Letter sent home from France by Joseph Matthews
Dear Joe,
Drink Up and Have Another
Hope you arrived home in good time for Xmas. Her with programme as promised.
Had a glorious day, Day of All Days 'Plenty of Oil'. Everybody well done in
the evening. Old Alf and Peter are now upstairs with thickheads try to sleep
it off. Don't mention Mick, you ought to have seen him!! All the boys
swimming in that lovely thick black mud outside the cookhouse last night at
eleven o'clock. You outht to see their clothes this morning. you bet the Ofs.
were well on the whiskey (haig and haig).The concert was splendid, everybody
well canned. Some concert I migtht say! Never seen so much drink. Cookhouse
swamped beer, ?? whiskey ?? rum also found a ?? round the corner. Some
Xmas this one everybody ill today. Barrell of beer half full left in the
cookhouse. We're helping them out of a tight corner again. Well cheerio old
cock, See you have to get your papers in at least five days before you
reutrn. Let us know when you get the civies on.
Yours,
George
| Title |
Letter sent home from France by Joseph Matthews
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|---|---|
| Author |
Matthews, Joseph L
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| Notes |
Cannot read a few words marked with ??
Items belong to my father Mr Joseph L. Matthews, from London who left them to me for posterity. He survived the war and lived until May 1962. |
| Item date |
26th December 1918
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| Creation place |
France
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| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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| Filename |
GWA_3999_Letter_Home_from_France.txt
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Elizabeth Brewerton
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Collection
Citation
“Letter sent home from France by Joseph Matthews,” by Matthews, Joseph L. The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 29, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/5712.
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