WW1 letter from LC Murdoch Munro to Mary Munro dated 18th March 1918
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WW1 letter from LC Murdoch Munro to Mary Munro dated 18th March 1918
Creator
Munro, Murdoch (1895-1961)
Publisher
Lodgepunk.com/MMC
Language
en-GB
Coverage
Unknown
Description
Murdoch discusses having toothache, and being in the line continually and spending long spells in the trenches. He mentions cousin Nell. He also mentions in two days he will be spending his fourth birthday in France.
Worktype
Letter
ID
LET_19180318_0021
Cultural Context
Scottish
Date
1918-03-18
Subject
Great Britain. Army. Seaforth Highlanders;
Munro, Murdoch, 1895-1961;
Personal correspondence;
Trenches--France;
World War, 1914-1918--France Battlefields France;
World War, 1914-1918--France
Munro, Murdoch, 1895-1961;
Personal correspondence;
Trenches--France;
World War, 1914-1918--France Battlefields France;
World War, 1914-1918--France
Measurements
24.7 cm (height) x 19.7 cm (width)
Material
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_191803
Transcription
Dear Marie,
I don’t know what you will be thinking of me this time in being so long in answering your last letter, but I can only aplogise and try & write one now although I can’t give you much news but just as usual that I am going strong but having an awful rough time of it with toothache, nearly driving me of my rocker. We are in the line continually & have long spells in the trenches. The weather is very good just now in fact it is too good for March but I suppose we will have to take what will come Dounie has been in to see me tonight and was giving me all the home news. I had a letter from Cousin Nell tonight and she says I have got to spend a week in [illegible] when I go home next and I may do so as I will have a month’s leave next time but I don’t know when that will be May or June at anyrate. Well in another two days I will have my fourth birthday in France & I hope it will be the last in it.
So you are kept hard at work but never mind Mary stick it and your reward will come sometime. I dont think there is anything more to say so excuse my long delay & write soon
Love from Doddo
I don’t know what you will be thinking of me this time in being so long in answering your last letter, but I can only aplogise and try & write one now although I can’t give you much news but just as usual that I am going strong but having an awful rough time of it with toothache, nearly driving me of my rocker. We are in the line continually & have long spells in the trenches. The weather is very good just now in fact it is too good for March but I suppose we will have to take what will come Dounie has been in to see me tonight and was giving me all the home news. I had a letter from Cousin Nell tonight and she says I have got to spend a week in [illegible] when I go home next and I may do so as I will have a month’s leave next time but I don’t know when that will be May or June at anyrate. Well in another two days I will have my fourth birthday in France & I hope it will be the last in it.
So you are kept hard at work but never mind Mary stick it and your reward will come sometime. I dont think there is anything more to say so excuse my long delay & write soon
Love from Doddo
Citation
Munro, Murdoch (1895-1961), “WW1 letter from LC Murdoch Munro to Mary Munro dated 18th March 1918,” Murdoch Munro Collection (1914-1919), accessed April 26, 2024, http://www.lodgepunk.com/MMC/items/show/69.