Letters from Captain Walter Morris Felix Gamble to his family, 1917-1918 - Part 2

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First World War, 1914–18
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Telegrams:

"GRAND."

Telephone No 15.

GRAND HOTEL, LTD.
Calcutta. 14th July 1918
my Dear old Dad & Mum
I suppose
you will be pleased
to hear, that I was
up among the first two
or three, when the final
reports of the school
were announced.
It was undoubtedly
the solidest six weeks
grind I'd done as
far back as I can
remember, but there
was a jolly good
 

 

Telegrams:

"GRAND." 

Telephone No 15.

Grand HOTEL, LTD.
Calcutta                 191
time mixed up with
it, and The weather
was rather mild for
India, so, now it's
all over, I'm feeling
rather pleased with
myself and the world
in general.
I was again recommended

for Staff, and
perhaps this time
something may become
of it, but even if
it doesn't, its 

always handy to
 

 

Telegrams:

"GRAND." 

Telephone No 15.

GRAND HOTEL, LTD.

Calcutta, ___________191
have a good report
from an Army School.
The monsoons have
broken, and India
is beginning to lose
her dry barren
look, and, well
coming up in the train
it was just bonzer
to gaze at the rich
tropical green fields
& x jungle (at least

I suppose it's green) 
for I'm still a colour

blind as a bat
 

 

Telegrams:

"GRAND."

Telephone No 15.

GRAND HOTEL, LTD.

Calcutta,___________191

you, no doubt, will
be glad to Know, that

it will probably be

a  few months before

I can get on service

again, but I Tell you

straight I'm damned

annoyed. Still there

is no benefit in

worrying, especially

as I'm as hard as

nails, and fit, at a

bare 11 - 6, Stripped.

Good luck love to

the boys. Ever your loving son

Wally.

 

 

France

March 31st 1917

My Dear Old Mum

You will think

because I am writing in pencil

that I am grown lazy, - I

haven't - fact is, the villages in

these wild parts have stopped

selling ink. and anything else

for that matter.

I am feeling like starting an

offensive on my own, the boche

has frightened our mail boat,

hence our mail is about a 

fortnight late.

We are having beautiful

mornings, showery afternoons,

and beautiful nights, things

are improving, a whole lot

in fact they are too good to

last long, and we will

wake up some morning to

find the war is finished.

Good things never last long,

and at present the war is

good.

I have got my second

star dating from 14th February.

 

and am now a full blown

"Lootnong"

Gee, there are about two hundred

letters to sensor, and mail closes

in a few hours, so I'll have to

get at it.

Tell Mona I will write to her

tomorrow, and it may get

through as a stray but these

letters must be done.

Ever your loving son

Wally.

 

France

Jan, 31st 1917

My Dear old Mum.

It's good to be

sitting by a blazing fire, building

castles in the flames, while all

around is snow and ice. It

is supposed to be very cold,

but I don't feel feel it any

more than I did in Australia.

I heard from Cocky the

other day. he says he is

feeling quite fit again, but

they won't let him come back

for a while yet.

You were talking about

up to date correspondence, up

to the present, I have not

received the Cablegram

containing birthday greetings.

I am afraid the old way

 

is better, for you will remember

that the 1915 birthday Cablegram

arrived after the letters.

How are all the strikes

progressing. Australia must

be some place these days. I

wouldn't feel a bit sorry, if

I got orders to turn my

guns on them tomorrow. I class

them o lower than the Huns.

and that is pretty low, but

Fritz at least will do his

all for his country. If you

heard what I called those

"____!", you would "xxx throw a

fit at every word".

I am feeling fit for anything

except writing letters, but half

a loaf is better than no bread,

so Good- night mum. I'll write

a long letter next mail.

Tons of love

Wally
 

 

France
February 1st - 17
My Dear old Dad

We have come back

to our own again, now that the

ground is frozen and will stand

the shock of discharge of the gun; for

the last nine days I have been

dealing out iron rations to Fritz

to some order. And am sitting back

here, with a feeling of satisfaction.

our men are standing the cold

wonderfully, and they say it is

the coldest they have had it in

these parts for some years, but

the mud and slush, gets them

down and worries them, his

lordship included. The stolid

little Tommy wades through it,

with a "don't care a damn in his

eye", but the an Australian mooches

 

 

around like a dying duck in 

a thunderstorm. But now, that

the mud has frozen, and the

sky is blue and clear, the men

in the line stamp their feet, to the

tune of some old song, In fact

they are once more the "Singing

Soldiers" I can't explain it

better.

You asked me a while ago.

if I would like some literature.

I would very much, I can't

won't tell you what to send, because

I xxx hardly know, except the

Bulletin, Just send me over

any books you think I ought

to read, and which you think I

will like, I always carry a collection

of poems about with me, and

as I have plenty of time to myself

I know them nearly all off by

heart.

 





  

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