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We are all sitting in a dugout here, eight of us all smoking, laughing and talking, laughing at the moments we have passed through. My Sergeant major has been telling a story of how he was hung up in a barbed wire fence while a machine gun played on him - two bullets going through his pack, one through his haversack and another through his cap (I think with all respect that this is a bit of an exaggeration.) I pass away a great part of the day playing patience, as there is little to do and wel all spend our time prophesying when the war will be over, and lots put it down to weeks. Is it true that Turkey has declared war against us and that Portugal and Italy for us? I hope the latter is true and we shall deal with Turkey as we should have dealt with her some time ago. The German prisoners who we take seem to be very tired od the War and to be longong for peace and home, which I am not surprised at as they are figting a losing war and with God's help they will be finally defeated before Christmas. By the bye is there any news of Russian victories - we hear wild rumours, but a paer here and there is like a book which one picks up and read a chapter of.
23 Nov. 14
Last time I wrote I forgot to acknowledge your letter which I received two days ago and one from Dad yesterday + three parcels. The breeches fit like a glove and are the envy of my friends _ the pride of my soul. The caramels I am fast making myself ill on and there are hundreds of thinfs that are delighting me, the yellow sleeping cap - the green gloves (mitts), the belts, the mufflers etc. I try them all on and realizing that I cannot carry one half, give them away with sighs of regret. But you have no idea the delight with which one opens a parcel, the sardines are going to be done up as a savoury tonight as I cannot hope to carry the tim. The milk is going to be carried with one to the trenches, where it proves an absolute blessing.
Gen. Smith-Dorrien came and talked to the Regiment today and said some very flattering things about the Regiment. By the bye a photograph of all of us was published in the "Tatler" and I am in the group. I do not know the date, but it must be a couple of weeks ago. Isn't it bad luck or rather bad management - a wire was sent to the parents of two of our Subs reporting them killed when they were not even wounded but I suppose mistakes are wonderfully few. I wonder when the war will be over. I am afraid not much before the 1st Jan 915) if then, though that is the date the Russians give and perhaps they know. I got a paer of the 19th today and was very interested reading it
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Letters from 1914/15 Ypres
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1915-05-07
1914-10-22
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1914-10-22
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Jonathan Irwin | europeana19141918:agent/af4ef29c0e747d45fa1c34f4e872c769
Arthur Ramsey Stanley -Clarke | europeana19141918:agent/dbf73f1c3821aec8026e85c9af02d7ef
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Typed copies (54pages) of letters from my grandfather to his parents titled Letters received from the Front,written by Arthur Ramsay Stanley-Clarke, 2nd Lieutenant,1stBattalion,Dorset Regiment, who went to the Front on 22nd October 1914 Letters run till 7th May 1915 when he returned home having been gassed August 1st attached Royal Flying Corps.ReceivedWingsJanuary 1916 & went to the Front 3rd February 191654 typed pages
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We are all sitting in a dugout here, eight of us all smoking, laughing and talking, laughing at the moments we have passed through. My Sergeant major has been telling a story of how he was hung up in a barbed wire fence while a machine gun played on him - two bullets going through his pack, one through his haversack and another through his cap (I think with all respect that this is a bit of an exaggeration.) I pass away a great part of the day playing patience, as there is little to do and wel all spend our time prophesying when the war will be over, and lots put it down to weeks. Is it true that Turkey has declared war against us and that Portugal and Italy for us? I hope the latter is true and we shall deal with Turkey as we should have dealt with her some time ago. The German prisoners who we take seem to be very tired od the War and to be longong for peace and home, which I am not surprised at as they are figting a losing war and with God's help they will be finally defeated before Christmas. By the bye is there any news of Russian victories - we hear wild rumours, but a paer here and there is like a book which one picks up and read a chapter of.
23 Nov. 14
Last time I wrote I forgot to acknowledge your letter which I received two days ago and one from Dad yesterday + three parcels. The breeches fit like a glove and are the envy of my friends _ the pride of my soul. The caramels I am fast making myself ill on and there are hundreds of thinfs that are delighting me, the yellow sleeping cap - the green gloves (mitts), the belts, the mufflers etc. I try them all on and realizing that I cannot carry one half, give them away with sighs of regret. But you have no idea the delight with which one opens a parcel, the sardines are going to be done up as a savoury tonight as I cannot hope to carry the tim. The milk is going to be carried with one to the trenches, where it proves an absolute blessing.
Gen. Smith-Dorrien came and talked to the Regiment today and said some very flattering things about the Regiment. By the bye a photograph of all of us was published in the "Tatler" and I am in the group. I do not know the date, but it must be a couple of weeks ago. Isn't it bad luck or rather bad management - a wire was sent to the parents of two of our Subs reporting them killed when they were not even wounded but I suppose mistakes are wonderfully few. I wonder when the war will be over. I am afraid not much before the 1st Jan 915) if then, though that is the date the Russians give and perhaps they know. I got a paer of the 19th today and was very interested reading it
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We are all sitting in a dugout here, eight of us all smoking, laughing and talking, laughing at the moments we have passed through. My Sergeant major has been telling a story of how he was hung up in a barbed wire fence while a machine gun played on him - two bullets going through his pack, one through his haversack and another through his cap (I think with all respect that this is a bit of an exaggeration.) I pass away a great part of the day playing patience, as there is little to do and wel all spend our time prophesying when the war will be over, and lots put it down to weeks. Is it true that Turkey has declared war against us and that Portugal and Italy for us? I hope the latter is true and we shall deal with Turkey as we should have dealt with her some time ago. The German prisoners who we take seem to be very tired od the War and to be longong for peace and home, which I am not surprised at as they are figting a losing war and with God's help they will be finally defeated before Christmas. By the bye is there any news of Russian victories - we hear wild rumours, but a paer here and there is like a book which one picks up and read a chapter of.
23 Nov. 14
Last time I wrote I forgot to acknowledge your letter which I received two days ago and one from Dad yesterday + three parcels. The breeches fit like a glove and are the envy of my friends _ the pride of my soul. The caramels I am fast making myself ill on and there are hundreds of thinfs that are delighting me, the yellow sleeping cap - the green gloves (mitts), the belts, the mufflers etc. I try them all on and realizing that I cannot carry one half, give them away with sighs of regret. But you have no idea the delight with which one opens a parcel, the sardines are going to be done up as a savoury tonight as I cannot hope to carry the tim. The milk is going to be carried with one to the trenches, where it proves an absolute blessing.
Gen. Smith-Dorrien came and talked to the Regiment today and said some very flattering things about the Regiment. By the bye a photograph of all of us was published in the "Tatler" and I am in the group. I do not know the date, but it must be a couple of weeks ago. Isn't it bad luck or rather bad management - a wire was sent to the parents of two of our Subs reporting them killed when they were not even wounded but I suppose mistakes are wonderfully few. I wonder when the war will be over. I am afraid not much before the 1st Jan 915) if then, though that is the date the Russians give and perhaps they know. I got a paer of the 19th today and was very interested reading it
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We are all sitting in a dugout here, eight of us all smoking, laughing and talking, laughing at the moments we have passed through. My Sergeant major has been telling a story of how he was hung up in a barbed wire fence while a machine gun played on him - two bullets going through his pack, one through his haversack and another through his cap (I think with all respect that this is a bit of an exaggeration.) I pass away a great part of the day playing patience, as there is little to do and wel all spend our time prophesying when the war will be over, and lots put it down to weeks. Is it true that Turkey has declared war against us and that Portugal and Italy for us? I hope the latter is true and we shall deal with Turkey as we should have dealt with her some time ago. The German prisoners who we take seem to be very tired od the War and to be longong for peace and home, which I am not surprised at as they are figting a losing war and with God's help they will be finally defeated before Christmas. By the bye is there any news of Russian victories - we hear wild rumours, but a paer here and there is like a book which one picks up and read a chapter of. 23 Nov. 14 Last time I wrote I forgot to acknowledge your letter which I received two days ago and one from Dad yesterday + three parcels. The breeches fit like a glove and are the envy of my friends _ the pride of my soul. The caramels I am fast making myself ill on and there are hundreds of thinfs that are delighting me, the yellow sleeping cap - the green gloves (mitts), the belts, the mufflers etc. I try them all on and realizing that I cannot carry one half, give them away with sighs of regret. But you have no idea the delight with which one opens a parcel, the sardines are going to be done up as a savoury tonight as I cannot hope to carry the tim. The milk is going to be carried with one to the trenches, where it proves an absolute blessing. Gen. Smith-Dorrien came and talked to the Regiment today and said some very flattering things about the Regiment. By the bye a photograph of all of us was published in the "Tatler" and I am in the group. I do not know the date, but it must be a couple of weeks ago. Isn't it bad luck or rather bad management - a wire was sent to the parents of two of our Subs reporting them killed when they were not even wounded but I suppose mistakes are wonderfully few. I wonder when the war will be over. I am afraid not much before the 1st Jan 915) if then, though that is the date the Russians give and perhaps they know. I got a paer of the 19th today and was very interested reading it 10
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