592192 Private J. F. Nolan  R.A.O.C. 

9/13 Medium Battery Royal Artillery. 4th. Medium Regiment B.E.F. 1939

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The single-page letter to my wife simply said :-

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Hut 4, 

Burntwood Emergency Hospital, 

Burntwood.

Near Lichfield.

Staffs

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"Dear Elsie,

Just a few lines which, I suppose will rather surprise you when I inform

you that I am safe and sound in England, at the above Hospital.

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It is a lovely place, although I am pretty badly riddled I am getting on fine.

Don't think that because I am not writing this letter I cannot do, I am not t

hat bad. (here "I am allowed" is crossed out) I will leave it to you whether

you pay me a visit or not, you can do, but think twice about the price.

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All my love and kisses,

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Frank

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PS I hope Margaret is keeping alright"

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(The letter was undated, but likely to be 29th or 30th May) 

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But what sequence of events had led to this letter?

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To find out more follow my story or that of my good friend and colleague Wilf Thomas

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