WW1 letter from LC Murdoch Munro BEF to Miss Mary C Munro, dated 13th December 1914
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WW1 letter from LC Murdoch Munro BEF to Miss Mary C Munro, dated 13th December 1914
Creator
Munro, Murdoch (1895-1961)
Publisher
Lodgepunk.com/MMC
Language
en-GB
Coverage
France
Description
Murdoch mentions Christmas is near. He mentions getting new boots. He also mentions the chap from the town of Letters who was killed. 1 item (2 pages). This letter is written on one sheet of paper folded into 2 (pages). It is in quite good condition although somewhat discolored.
Worktype
Letter
ID
LET_19141213
Cultural Context
Scottish
Date
1914-12-13
Subject
Boots;
Christmas;
Letters (Scotland);
Munro, Murdoch, 1895-1961;
Great Britain.Army.Seaforth Highlanders;
Ross, Mrs.;
Personal correspondence;
War casualties;
World War, 1914-1918--France
Christmas;
Letters (Scotland);
Munro, Murdoch, 1895-1961;
Great Britain.Army.Seaforth Highlanders;
Ross, Mrs.;
Personal correspondence;
War casualties;
World War, 1914-1918--France
Measurements
21.4 cm (height) x 27.4 cm (width)
Material
Graphite on paper
Technique
Handwriting
Style Period
Twentieth century
Rights
Murdoch Munro Collection (1914-1919) by Erika Nygard and Lodgepunk.com/MMC is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 CC
Relation
ENV_19141215
Transcription
British Expeditionary Force France 13/12/14
Dear Mary,
I received your P C on Friday but the parcel has not yet arrived. It may be in tonight but I will tell you if I get it. We are still hopping about here. The weather is a bit wet & fairly cold today is the best I saw since long. I can hardly believe Christmas is so near and yet the weeks pass by very quickly. It will be a dull Christmas for many this time. We all got a pair of new boots last week. My old ones were pretty far through. I paid 9 ၁ to get tackels & toe plates in them here. They fairly put on to us and it is rarely we get what we want. The chap that was killed from Letters has another brother in our Coy and he never knew about his death until he saw his name in the list he is pretty cut up about it and he saw one of the [illegible] last night that knew his brother. They never mentioned it [illegible]. I hope that small parcel will come. Must close now with love to all, thank Mrs Ross from me,
From Brother Dodo
Dear Mary,
I received your P C on Friday but the parcel has not yet arrived. It may be in tonight but I will tell you if I get it. We are still hopping about here. The weather is a bit wet & fairly cold today is the best I saw since long. I can hardly believe Christmas is so near and yet the weeks pass by very quickly. It will be a dull Christmas for many this time. We all got a pair of new boots last week. My old ones were pretty far through. I paid 9 ၁ to get tackels & toe plates in them here. They fairly put on to us and it is rarely we get what we want. The chap that was killed from Letters has another brother in our Coy and he never knew about his death until he saw his name in the list he is pretty cut up about it and he saw one of the [illegible] last night that knew his brother. They never mentioned it [illegible]. I hope that small parcel will come. Must close now with love to all, thank Mrs Ross from me,
From Brother Dodo
Citation
Munro, Murdoch (1895-1961), “WW1 letter from LC Murdoch Munro BEF to Miss Mary C Munro, dated 13th December 1914,” Murdoch Munro Collection (1914-1919), accessed October 31, 2025, http://www.lodgepunk.com/MMC/items/show/38.