tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post6872475760185749845..comments2023-06-05T16:00:41.868+01:00Comments on WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier: Letter to Jack, 16th July 1918Pte Harry Laminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673086195442900581noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-78536858454031258632008-09-16T16:16:00.000+01:002008-09-16T16:16:00.000+01:00Hi Swill. Well I have read everything and just ca...Hi Swill. Well I have read everything and just cannot believe it. Who would have thought that a few old letters would have opened such a big door. Well done, when I meet you I must remember to curtsey....lol. sonia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-10966595768184347252008-08-13T11:19:00.000+01:002008-08-13T11:19:00.000+01:00Perhaps Harry wrote the letter to kate while up in...Perhaps Harry wrote the letter to kate while up in the mountains but could only send it once he got back down. So instead of writing a new letter he sent the one he already wrote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-55734029680219180812008-08-05T21:53:00.000+01:002008-08-05T21:53:00.000+01:00Excellent speed for postage. Better even than in t...Excellent speed for postage. Better even than in the U.S. South on the Border with Mexico. Read about my latest adventures before the AEF came across.<BR/><BR/>Best regards!<BR/>SamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-88195884059769579192008-07-20T23:34:00.001+01:002008-07-20T23:34:00.001+01:00I am glad to hear that you are all getting on wel...I am glad to hear that you are all getting on well <a href="http://rdd.su" title="музыка."> </a>jilcovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13527480015850637359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-78238924070086615042008-07-18T21:18:00.000+01:002008-07-18T21:18:00.000+01:00Note the reference to the Austrians being 2 kilos ...Note the reference to the Austrians being 2 kilos (i.e. kilometres) away. Not the first metric reference he has used, and strangely reminiscent of soldiers jargon 80 years later. Any knwoledge of whther the British Army used metric measures operationally?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-34950275325063952282008-07-15T23:55:00.000+01:002008-07-15T23:55:00.000+01:00That 'mountain fever' sounds suspiciously like the...That 'mountain fever' sounds suspiciously like the Spanish flu! Had people started to put the pieces together yet, and realize the sheer worldwide extent of it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com