Harrogate Herald - 6th January 1915
Photo - Private H West, Royal Army Medical
Corps, Boulogne, whose letter appears in our column, was employed at
the Harrogate station before joining the colours.
Harrogate Herald - 6th January 1915
Private H West, [Henry West, 64 The
Avenue, Starbeck] of the Royal Army Medical Corps, at Boulogne,
writing to his mother at The Avenue, Starbeck, says :
Dear Mother, Just a line to let you know how things
are progressing. I had one of the nicest Christmas dinners a man
could sit down to, and, of course, I have a cake of my own. I got as
much on my plate as three men could have eaten. It was a proper
feast, and we had it in a big wooden hut all decorated with a lot of
streamers and different things; plenty of beer, lemonade, and
cigarettes. I have got Princess Mary's present, pipe, tobacco, and
cigarettes; there is a small photo with her signature on in the
cigarettes, and I also have got the King's Xmas card, with the King
and Queen's portrait, and a message written on the back of the card.
Well, I get the other parcel you sent off with the mittens and
cigarettes in, so I think I have got all I want now, mother; you
need not bother to send me anything more, as I am well stocked out
with writing material and things. I may send the card I got and the
Royal presents on home later for you to keep, but I have not time to
pack them up, and they might not get home if I send them. Well, I
expect you will have had a good time as it was possible this Xmas. I
hope we shall all have a better one next year though. I got the
"Sunday Chronicle", "Sports Echo", and "The
News of the World" this week, so I have plenty of reading at
present. Has our Tom been home for Xmas? I suppose you will have had
a few of them over. It would be a nice change. They don't keep Xmas
much in France. I think they have their celebrations at Easter, but
I am not sure. Well, I must close this time, wishing you all a happy
and prosperous New Year and heaps of good luck. I remain, your
loving son, Harry.
Harrogate Herald - 10th January 1917
Letters
The following are men who have sent us the Army
post-card briefly stating that they are well and have received
papers and parcels, or whose letters contain views that have
repeatedly been expressed by other correspondents, but show their
friends that they are all right :
Second Lieutenant George Pearson (a happy and
prosperous New Year)
Private H West
Harrogate Herald - 20th June 1917
The following are men who have sent us the Army
post-card briefly stating that they are well and have received
papers and parcels, or whose letters contain views that have
repeatedly been expressed by other correspondents, but show their
friends that they are all right :
Private H West
