Below are some extracts from letters sent to the Bromley & District Times by various soldiers fighting on the front line during World War 1.
They give a fascinating and moving insight into their daily lives and their thoughts of about the war.
I was very lucky
29th October, 1915 p2Another letter from Lance-Corporal John Gutteridge, this time to Mr Will Howard his former employer. Much of the letter repeats information about ...
The Germans have been rather saucy lately
Lance-Corporal Gutteridge lettersTHE OPTIMISTLance-Corporal Gutteridge, of the 8th Battalion wrote:"Just a few lines from a dug out, behind the firing line. We are in the ...
I had a feeling that the Germans had no bullets made for me
15th October, 1915 In a further letter, written on the 8th of the present month, Lance-Corporal Gutteridge says:- "Our regiment has just returned from the ...
Serving on the Italian Frontier
Letter set to the Bromley & District Times from Gunner F Andrews, who was serving on the Italian frontier. With pleasure I write these few ...
15th October 1915
"In a hurry to get the job over and get something to eat" "Dear Sir, - Thought perhaps you would like to have an account ...
Letters from the front: Harold Parker #2
Corporal Harold Parker, from the Royal West Kent Regiment wrote to his parents at West Wickham. This letter was printed later in 1917. An earlier ...
