Letters from Fred Leslie Biddle to his Mother, 1916-1917, Part 11 of 24
Salisbury Plain
21.9.16
Dear Mother,
As you will see by the
address I have left London & am now
on my way back to France.
I arrived here yesterday & expect to
cross the Channel tomorrow or the next day
The wound is completely healed,
& I feel no effects whatever from it.
I have had a great time in
London, but am glad to be getting
back to the battery.
The Australians are now in a different
part of the line than the Somme & are
having a quiet time. I met some of
our officers a few days ago, who are
over on leave & they told me the
Germans were scarcely firing a shot
nowadays.
The Somme is absorbing all their
energy at present.
2
I stayed a couple of days with
Jack & Lottie Bethell. They are good
sorts & made me very welcome.
I had the luck to run against
some good fellows in hospital &
we have had lots of fun together.
It was quite an Empire show - English,
Scotch, Irish, Welsh, Canadian & Australian.
I have had a most annoying
experience with my letters which had
been re-addressed to me from the battery.
When I left hospital I instructed
them to send letters to the Commonwealth
Bank, where I had arranged to call
for them on my return from the country.
The day before I returned to town
the Bank sent all my letters back
to Base Post Office so that it may
be another couple of months before
I get them.
I have had no letters since I
was hit.
Hope you are all keeping well,
3
I am sorry to say that Bruce
was not able to give me a very
good account of your health.
I did tell you in my last letter
that he was at Kington for a couple
of days didn't I?
Well I'm writing against time &
my hands are cold.
It's very difficult to find out
when mails cl close & I find I
have a few mins minutes only.
When I get back I'll start on
my old system of writing every
Sunday regardless of mail-days
Waiting for mail days only seems
to result in missing them or having
no time to write much.
Best love to all at home & to
Hollis & Jean & to your own dear self
Your affecto son
Fred
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