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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II LETTERS FROM THE FRONT I SHALL now, for reasons explained in the Preface, quote extracts from letters which Raymond wrote to members of his family, during the time he was serving in Flanders. A short note made by me the day after he first started for the Front may serve as a preliminary statement of fact: ? Mariemont, Edgbaston, 16 March 1915 Raymond was recently transferred back from Edinburgh to Great Crosby near Liverpool; and once more began life in tents or temporary sheds. Yesterday morning, Monday the isth March, one of the subalterns was ordered to the Front; he went to a doctor, who refused to pass him, owing to some temporary indisposition. Raymond was then asked if he was fit: he replied, Perfectly. So at 10 a.m. he was told to start for France that night. Accordingly he packed up; and at 3.00 we at Mariemont received a telegram from him asking to be met at 5 p.m., and saying he could spend six hours at home. His mother unfortunately was in London, and for many hours was inaccessible. At last some of the telegrams reached her, at 7 p.m., and she came by the first available (slow) train from Paddington, getting here at II. Raymond took the midnight train to Euston; Alec, Lionel, and Noel accompanying him. They would reach Euston at 3.50 a.m. and have two hours to wait, when he was to meet a Captain Capt. Taylor], and start from Waterloo for Southampton. The boys intended to see him off at Waterloo, and then return home to their war-business as quickly as they could. He seems quite well; but naturally it has been rather a strain for the family: as the same sort of thing has been for so many other families. O. J. L. First comes a letter written on his way to the Front after leaving Southampton. Hotel Dervaux, 75 Grande Rue, Bou..
| ISBN-13 | 9781458964090 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1458964094 |
| Weight | 1.17 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.80 In |
| List Price | $21.79 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 360 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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