tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post1185370086539537503..comments2023-06-05T16:00:41.868+01:00Comments on WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier: Letter to Kate Thursday 21st March 1918Pte Harry Laminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673086195442900581noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-35473271278555410692008-03-26T13:05:00.000+00:002008-03-26T13:05:00.000+00:00Hello.My name is Emily Butcher. I came acroos this...Hello.My name is Emily Butcher. I came acroos this website when I was doing my history homework which was to do an interview for a ww1 newspaper with a soldier. This is very interestingabout how they would live in war time. Thankyou very much<BR/><BR/>Emily Butcher<BR/>age 13Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-68946210686182179472008-03-24T19:09:00.000+00:002008-03-24T19:09:00.000+00:00March 21st would have been Friday....not Thursday....March 21st would have been Friday....not Thursday. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-28154726396834068672008-03-21T19:20:00.000+00:002008-03-21T19:20:00.000+00:00My grandfather, Wilfred C. Howard, MM, Royal Field...My grandfather, Wilfred C. Howard, MM, Royal Field Artillery, died in WW1 in the battle of Arras May 6th 1917. We have very little that was his, my daughter has his medal, a couple of postcards & a letter. How I envy you your letters. <BR/>My daughter, sister & I were very fortunate in being able to visit his grave in France in 1995. We are the only family members lucky enough to do this. My grandmother & mother were never able to. <BR/>Thank you so much sharing,<BR/>Carolyn SaxonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-29247050364551080652008-03-20T19:20:00.000+00:002008-03-20T19:20:00.000+00:00Harry seems to be in pretty good spirits; I guess ...Harry seems to be in pretty good spirits; I guess that, especially compared to his time in France, Italy is comparitively quiet. (But from his letter to Jack, Harry also seems to have developed a poor opinion of the Italian soldiers!)<BR/><BR/>A thought about that card he sent Connie: he says in this letter that had 'sent Willie and Connie a card or two'; it seems to me that he wouldn't have needed to say that to Kate in this 21st March letter if he'd mailed that card directly to Kate. Perhaps he'd sent it in the envelope of a letter to Ethel (which would explain no mailing address on the card itself); and Ethel, knowing Connie was actually Kate's daughter, passed it on to Kate.<BR/><BR/>-Gustav's great-granddaughterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-33206696029488156872008-03-20T18:57:00.000+00:002008-03-20T18:57:00.000+00:00The waiting and the boredom seems as though it is ...The waiting and the boredom seems as though it is crushing him. If leave were granted, the temptation to scarper must have been immense - not just in Harry's case, but generally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-20754877022963015552008-03-20T15:31:00.000+00:002008-03-20T15:31:00.000+00:00I find it very interesting the striking differance...I find it very interesting the striking differance in the style of letters that Harry writes to Jack and the letters that he writes to Kate. I think he doesn't want to scare his sister with war details.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-89807785648168905972008-03-20T13:51:00.000+00:002008-03-20T13:51:00.000+00:00It's March and Harry is looking at leave in the su...It's March and Harry is looking at leave in the summer, which means he's not expecting the war to end by then or even in the summer. I wish he had been able to say more. I know this letter is just a line to say he's ok, but I'd like to know just what he's going through....Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581669981061912584noreply@blogger.com