Letter from Nigel Wastell to Gran and Sis after being wounded in action [PRG 1791/9/1] • Manuscript
Letter from Nigel Wastell to Gran and Sis after being wounded in action
Letter from Nigel Wastell, sent to 'My Dear Gran & Sis', dated 14 August 1916. The letter is written on British Red Cross and Order of St John letterhead, from a hospital. The letter includes discussion of his injuries to his right cheek and upper lip, sustained on 9 August, and the three day trip by camels, train and motor to the hospital which killed many of the badly wounded. Reports on the health of others including Bill Stevens, and discusses news from home. Mentions an enclosed snap of himself and other men, not named (see photograph at PRG 1791/9/2).
Letter from Nigel Wastell to Gran and Sis after being wounded in action
Letter from Nigel Wastell, sent to 'My Dear Gran & Sis', dated 14 August 1916. The letter is written on British Red Cross and Order of St John letterhead, from a hospital. The letter includes discussion of his injuries to his right cheek and upper lip, sustained on 9 August, and the three day trip by camels, train and motor to the hospital which killed many of the badly wounded. Reports on the health of others including Bill Stevens, and discusses news from home. Mentions an enclosed snap of himself and other men, not named (see photograph at PRG 1791/9/2).
Letter from Nigel Wastell to Gran and Sis after being wounded in action
Letter from Nigel Wastell, sent to 'My Dear Gran & Sis', dated 14 August 1916. The letter is written on British Red Cross and Order of St John letterhead, from a hospital. The letter includes discussion of his injuries to his right cheek and upper lip, sustained on 9 August, and the three day trip by camels, train and motor to the hospital which killed many of the badly wounded. Reports on the health of others including Bill Stevens, and discusses news from home. Mentions an enclosed snap of himself and other men, not named (see photograph at PRG 1791/9/2).
Letter from Nigel Wastell to Gran and Sis after being wounded in action
Letter from Nigel Wastell, sent to 'My Dear Gran & Sis', dated 14 August 1916. The letter is written on British Red Cross and Order of St John letterhead, from a hospital. The letter includes discussion of his injuries to his right cheek and upper lip, sustained on 9 August, and the three day trip by camels, train and motor to the hospital which killed many of the badly wounded. Reports on the health of others including Bill Stevens, and discusses news from home. Mentions an enclosed snap of himself and other men, not named (see photograph at PRG 1791/9/2).