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Harrogate Herald - 30th May 1917
Letters
Sergeant Charles E Croft writes :
I have got out of hospital in Boulogne and returned to my own
battalion, and when I opened the Herald and saw the photographs of
some of the lads out of my company, I was glad, because it let me
know more about them , and yet was very sorry they should appear in
some cases. Private Reed was in my platoon, and I was with
him when he was injured. I regret to see that he has since died of
his wounds. I am going to write to his mother, as I feel sure she
would like to hear my opinion about him. I was hit in the calf of
the right leg by a piece of shell, but compared to some of the
wounds our lads got, mine was only a trifle, although I am still
walking lame. I am well on the way for recovery, and hope to very
soon be active again. We had some special weather whilst I was in
hospital, and very often sat on the cliffs and watched the hospital
ships sailing across the Channel. You can imagine my thoughts. I met
a Knaresborough man there, Sergeant Bob Fountain. I expect
you know him, as you seem fairly well acquainted within most local
chaps. Something wrong with is knee, otherwise quite well. I have
also met Private Frank Howley, and Private Coggane, of
Harrogate, and they also were very well.
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