Edward Richard Parker to Emily ‘Ciss’ Mary Birtles

The letter describes how he was assigned to his unit (after a hospital stay) but they had moved some 300 miles along the coast (of Ghana?) but when he got to his new station he had lots of letters waiting for him. He was asking after his children and acknowledged he’d received a letter from one of his nephews. The letter was given to me by his niece.

Birtles letter

The letter is from Ted to his sister, telling her about him being in hospital in Ghana. Was given to me my Emily’s daughter:

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