Letters and Postcards from Charles Spink to his family - Part 1

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Mr. George Spink
269 High Street
Arbroath
Forfarshire

Scotland
15/5/1915
Dear Brother &. Sister
Just a few lines to let
you know that I am prisoner of war &
that we are only allowed to write so
often. So I want you to write & tell the
misses that I am allright & not to worry
as we are getting fairly well treated &
that we are allowed to receive Parcels
but they must not go over ten lbs weight 

so you can send me out some cheese biscuits cakes

& tined meet
& chocolate & jam & Pudding's oat meal ones
you can send any kind of eatables So you can
 

Tell Ethel also & you can keep them coming
every week as you can send as many as
you like as long as they are not above
ten lbs. You can tell Ethel that I never
received her Parcel as I was captured
the day it arrived hoping she has
received it back again allright &
might tell that woman in James
Street where I am & I am allright
& tell Ethel if she is writing to Jane tell
her where I am & remember me to

Father & Ned & Nora & all inquirers but

be sure & dont forget to send a Parcel

as soon as you get this they are supposed

to travell free & also some smokes & I

will fix every thing up when i come home
I think I have said all at present

trusting this finds you well as it leaves
 

me fairly well also send out some scones

from your ever loving brother

Charlie

xxx little Ethel

Charles Spink No. 13876

2nd Company 12 Barrack

Prisoner of war

Meschede

Germany
  

Frazer St

Kriegsgefangenen-Lager  Soltau,   den 9 Aug   1916

Dear Wife
Pleased to see by your last two letters
that I received that you & children
were keeping well of course as you
know we have got  what
ever hear only by the letters I receive
from you & them at home at which I
am very please to say that they
are all quite well at home & that
they are very good to me as I
 

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received quite a number of parcels
from them & Ladies at my home &
also from the R. H. A. fund but
other - wise I think our chances would
be nil if it was not for our parcels
Well Eveline I had a letter from
George your Brother & also from
Norman from France but I don't
know what Regiment or Battalion
Norman is in so I could not write
back & also the same with Georges
 

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but had put his address but the
Censor's had taken it off, so I would
like you to send me on Normans
& also your Aunts in York
shire, so as I may gos & see them
if I have time so don't forget as I
have asked you once before for
them & have not received also
George Willies Betalion & Regiment
Well Eveline I am still keeping
in good health & living in good

 

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hopes of being home this year, you
can tell mum & Dad that I was
asking for them & hope they have a
good crop this year also remember
me to Mrs Kettlewell & family &
hope they are all keeping well & all
kind inquirers trusting that this
finds you & children well as it
leaves me as good as con be expected
from your ever loving husband
Charlie for you xxx for Florie xxx
with love to all Ethel xxx
 

Feldpostkarte
Kriegsgefangenen-
sendung

GleBen

29.12.15.8-9v

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FAH

Mrs Charles Spinks

c/o Mrs Kettlewell

Douglass Street

Stanmore

Departement  Sydney N.S.W.

Arrondissement    Australia

Via [[?]] Holland

PR82/8
Mon Adresse exacte:
Nom et prenom: Charles Spink
No. matricule du brassard: 22/66
No. de la Compagnie: 10
Lettre de la barague. D

Giessen (Allemagne)

Dear wife Pleased to say that
I am still keeping in good

health hoping that by the time you

receive this that you have properly

got over your sickness alright

and am very pleased to say

that the last letter I had from Nell

that every thing was going

on the same at home making you

merry christmas & a happy new year

from your loving husband Charlie