Letters from George Alexander Hugh Murray to his family, 1915 - Part 8

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First World War, 1914–18
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Montor thas been mach general so there cannot be any truth in the sayin, There are only a te of the oth deaeon + teft noe t .. Fena retation of00 od of trnea 2 tths aete t 50 yar te went on ne a tt the thate one f o onst on et ned on oten ancanen by now I am sed o tane my sabose Strdin toct well send some aboy 009
if they are any good. Sady Bride has given our M ward a new gramaphone plng of Mrch Te is giving one to each of the Aurtration wards. The doctor is due now to yoth a ten of hopies you wad t From are wete a man Your toving non Ger 7Cl &x slonent e porte toe Corpore Ccerrag TDRISRG
AU5 W000 Copt. G. C.Cwray Exiom Jurrey 24/5/ Dear Dad I wrote to Ham last week, and said that I did not receive any letters, but mine had not been posted thiee hours before I got two I was out when they came. + Another chap & I went out to Eprom village and meet some friends & went with them to sea and a good time we had. I thought I would be gone to the Baie Depot at Weymouth or ever back to the firing tire but I am not dircharged from hospital yet. My throat too is about letter now. The doctor wanted to have my torrils out but I would not have it. So I had to put up with the pain. Auxe MIntorck wishs very regularly from Weymouth. He describd his firelog trip through Sustland and I would have liked to have been with him. Mum p said the had some relations in Liverpool. I was shere for a few days and a lovely place of it is. There are five miles of docks & miles & makes of overhead realways. "the rainy seaion has pained and we are having lovely sunshine. The best I have seen nnce I have been here. The time does fly for it does not recon like over three month since I landed at Southampton there are aways surtrahan men and women
2 women onet to the sante and hy nevernome emply handed Frank. Woottan she rare houe owner of Welbourne come fairly often & he gives money all round. Our shaps have been nich- in up a disturtance in the villages and getting drunk and were turned out of she hout but cane back aid broke a lot of windows, they were arrested & giver-21 days detention the Colonel gave us a licture over that I oot a mnap shot phote taken the other day and if they are any good I will rend you wire along. A man came out at the byginning if the week - and took a phote of will the certratians to be put in the Britich Aurtration. It is the only paper that we can get that shows the lone that we are receiven. There is a Zeppetir raid two or three times a week; but not much it is published about them. they do not even publish the names of the towns. You want to be here to rec acroptanes. There is an acrodiome a few miles from te hospital & it is nothing to see a degen up at the same time. I saw two rain whe other night and by heavens shey were travelling. They were going fartie shan the flying Srotchman. They were supposed tt be travelling between lyn five and wint miles as 2009
A0s 2000 hour you could hear them comer lon before you is them. The ergine in thes a terrible norre. Th only difference between a Brstist & Guman arcoplance is a Rutish has a red rin & the German a black crors on the Bottor you never see a larger houe team than two They still use she unya furrow plow and cut their crops with the scythe. We play the brtish cricket twie a week, and have only been beaten once, so we cannot bets bad. We do not get any notice that w when we are to leave the dochr comes round and rett us to report to Orders room & we know what that means. the Aurtration War Association supply the Aurhation & N. Zraladon with tobacca cyarettes rayers and any thins that we need. Each man is allowed five shillings aweek. Some of them have it to pay out again as soon as they pet it. Did you ever get any of the things that I sent from Eypt. I sent close or un hourds worth. you never said
y you pat. him a nt. I do not know how we will be for wort if we ever get home again We are attery layrer ever day. Mort of us never get ous of bed for beakfast and never think to make our bids. They are only straightened. We have great liberty for a horpital. We are not necded to be in after the doctor you through about nine in the morning till nine therty at night you want to be here to see lovely couney Whereever you look, it is nothing but reen sills and foreits of pne trus. The villages and towns are very ctorte together. we are over fifty maks from London, but when you get on the Ehrom Grand-stand you can see London plainly. I do not think much of the relibrated Efrom Nare bourn It is all up hill & downdales. I must be very tryin on the houses. The building about the nare bourre have been turned into horpital I saw a metitay funeral yesterday. It is she recond I have seen in England There was a firig party and the effen was 200
AUS on a fin cariag. Hhe had a dement. burial what in any shousand never had There is not one of my platoon left standing. Thy have all been put out of action most of them, the fir four days. aort of the officers what came over witt us are out as -action. A lot have been hilled and she wounded are at Wandsworst in England. the Commanding officer of of the cor that I am in said he was sich thex morning we went to the firing live and was rent back to the hospital. He has been getting worse and worse ever une and is to be envilided home. I wrose h the Conmonweath offices to see if there are any more letters there for me. I have received no ansver yer White I was writing this I get another letter from you. It is she third for she week more than I had none TOMIS29 last March. It is a good natt and may it keex on. You raid
20 something about being faced to hand This is what I saw + know. A Cox 14th Batt landed with the third Brigade on Sunday 25th April ard B.C. & D. followed on Monday morning. There was no forcing them off the tramport. They went straight on to the destroyer ringing all the way to the shore. They were tranferred into lighters and towed ashore and many were killed wounded including sey. Murph from Bargerary They were not foued ashore. B. C & D Coys went upt the firing line on Tuesday night: They took time going up thrapnee vally for they were rated from pott ndes by suypers and above by shrapd but not one turned back. All that day and night they suffered very heavily loving the prencipal officers. One machine gun belonging to another Battation of the fourth Bryode was captured by the Turks and they
7 turned it upon our lines for a few recorer but those few reconds did turible damage for it wiped out close on ore hundred men and a few officers Captain Hopparth of Geelory second in Command of B. boy was the furst 14th Batt officer to fall, for he got the butt the mackne fun fire full in the chest. He was wathon about attending to his men By person who said ther Victorian Batt had to be forced to do any thing aor do not know any thin about ir there was nothing of a rumor tell it was prbluted that If boy Jacka had roon the first Aurtiation P.C. they can say what they like, but there is no trush in their statement, and by enjuiring thy can find our. te mistate I thirg o close hopi that the runa has and out oy now I o wanner time 00
and I had no breakfar So I will now close Fron your lovin son Geoge. god be with you all tell we med g ain Jopral Geoge Hurray X N J/4 11 ir V/0

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