Harrogate Herald – 24th February 1915

W H Breare letter

Private Percy Calvert, 1208, 4th Division MT Ammunition Column, Army Service Corps, looked in to see me long enough to say "How do" and "Goodbye". I don't wonder time was short with him, for he had then to travel to another time to see friends of a chap out Front he had promised to fulfil the mission. The boys who come home are very punctilious in these matters. They know how it is themselves, and are determined to keep such promises. What a pleasure to the family, eh? There would be some questions plying.

Harrogate Herald - 7th April 1915

W S Bruce, writing from the Front, says :

Dear Mr Breare, Just a few lines to thank you for sending me the Harrogate Herald. It is quite a treat to read the news of the old town, and very interesting too. We always do our best to squeeze in a few minutes to have a look through your paper. We had the Bishop of London at our camp last Tuesday. Sorry to say I didn't see him, as I was with half of our lads at the trenches. I suppose he cheered our chaps up a lot. I had the pleasure of running across an old school chums of mine last week, to wit, Percy Calvert. I can tell you we have had a little jubilee on our own to celebrate the event. It is really surprising whom one meets out here. Have also met Beer and Stevenson and several more Harrogate chaps. Well, Mr Breare, we are all cheerful and happy and looking pictures of health. I think the bright weather has a lot to do with it. We are now back at our base getting ready for another move. Hope this finds you as well as it leaves me. Thanking you once again,

Yours sincerely, W S Bruce

PS. I am afraid I shall not be able to get boating at Knaresborough this Easter.