WW1 letter from LC Murdoch Munro to Mary Munro, circa 8th March 1916_Pharrack
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Title
WW1 letter from LC Murdoch Munro to Mary Munro, circa 8th March 1916_Pharrack
Creator
Munro, Murdoch (1895-1961)
Publisher
Lodgepunk.com/MMC
Language
en-GB
Coverage
Le Havre (France)
Description
Murdoch mentions having a hard time thinking of things to say when letter writing, and how Mary told him off in her last letter. He mentions having toothache. Mentions England having rough times. He mentions the cinema. Letter starts in ink then moves to pencil and in brackets is written "sorry pen is no use". 2 items (3 pages). Y.M.C.A. letterhead.
Worktype
Letter
ID
LET_c1916YMCA_Pharrack
Agent
World War, 1914-1918 War work Young Men’s Christian Associations
Cultural Context
Scottish
Date
1916-03-08
Subject
Fever;
Great Britain. Army. Seaforth Highlanders;
Military discipline;
Motion pictures;
Munro, Murdoch, 1895-1961;
Personal correspondence;
Toothache;
World War, 1914-1918--France
Great Britain. Army. Seaforth Highlanders;
Military discipline;
Motion pictures;
Munro, Murdoch, 1895-1961;
Personal correspondence;
Toothache;
World War, 1914-1918--France
Inscription
Producer inscription: Y.M.C.A. On Active Service with the British Expeditionary Force
191
191
Measurements
20.5 cm (height) x 12.7 cm (width)
Material
Black ink and Graphite pencil 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_19160308
Transcription
M Pharracks
Le Havre
France
Dear Mary,
I received your letter a few days ago (sorry pen is no use). Well I must now admit that I have failed terribly in letter writing and I cant explain it either. When I sit down to write a letter now I don’t feel the same confidence in myself at all and I usually chew my pencil half an hour or so. Your own last letter was really not so bad. Of course it took up some of your paper telling me off which of course I can stand from a more dangerouse person than a little nursie. I hope you have not got the fever or it may knock you up a bit. Well I am not half so content this weather. The barrack rules are so very strict and many other things Since the last week I have been fairly useless with toothache neuralgia just the same as when I was at home last if anything worse could not even write a letter I had a bad spell of it today & it is throbbing a bit just now. We have very warm dry weather since the last week a nice change. I see they had rough times of it in England. Well the cinema is going to start now so I will have to stop as there is no light. See and write me soon. Tata with love from Dodo
Le Havre
France
Dear Mary,
I received your letter a few days ago (sorry pen is no use). Well I must now admit that I have failed terribly in letter writing and I cant explain it either. When I sit down to write a letter now I don’t feel the same confidence in myself at all and I usually chew my pencil half an hour or so. Your own last letter was really not so bad. Of course it took up some of your paper telling me off which of course I can stand from a more dangerouse person than a little nursie. I hope you have not got the fever or it may knock you up a bit. Well I am not half so content this weather. The barrack rules are so very strict and many other things Since the last week I have been fairly useless with toothache neuralgia just the same as when I was at home last if anything worse could not even write a letter I had a bad spell of it today & it is throbbing a bit just now. We have very warm dry weather since the last week a nice change. I see they had rough times of it in England. Well the cinema is going to start now so I will have to stop as there is no light. See and write me soon. Tata with love from Dodo
Citation
Munro, Murdoch (1895-1961), “WW1 letter from LC Murdoch Munro to Mary Munro, circa 8th March 1916_Pharrack,” Murdoch Munro Collection (1914-1919), accessed October 31, 2025, http://www.lodgepunk.com/MMC/items/show/60.