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Title    : Biggam Collection Letter: 15
Author(s): William Kirkland

Copyright holder(s): Mr William Biggam

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25 Field Regt. R.A.,

B.L.A.

Sunday 3rd Sept.

Dear Mrs Sinclair,

I'm sorry my previous letter to you didn't reach you. I wrote you about a
week after Peter's death, but was told by the officer, that it would be
forwarded to you, as soon as you had received official notification from
the War Office. That letter must have been mislaid or forgotten by the
people responsible.

I know it would be a great blow to you when you received word of Peter's
death. It was a great shock to the whole battery as we had only been in
action one week. I suppose May will have given all the details concerning
that morning.

I still miss him very much as we had been together since joining the army,
and I often think of the times we had together and how he would have
enjoyed himself during the rest we are having at present.

He was very popular throughout the whole battery, as his cheery disposition
made him many friends.

On behalf of his friends and myself I send you my deepest sympathy at your
great loss, and if there is anything I can do for you I will be only too
pleased. I have made a note of where he is buried, so that I would be able
to let you know.

I am keeping well, but am longing to get back home again. 

As soon as I get home I call on you and let you know all the details.

Will close now hoping you are keeping well.

Yours Sincerely,

Wm. Kirkland.



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Method of composition: Handwritten
Year of composition: 1940
Word count: 271
General description: Letter to Joan Taylor (Mrs Sinclair then). Presumably written during WW2

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Author id: 702
Forenames: William
Surname: Kirkland
Gender: Male
Country of birth: Scotland

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