Somewhere in Africa – 20th May 1917 continued (2)
More about Henry Tod’s early experiences fighting the Germans in East Africa. Last time I was out with a patrol we were ambushed less than a mile from camp and
October 22, 2018
More about Henry Tod’s early experiences fighting the Germans in East Africa. Last time I was out with a patrol we were ambushed less than a mile from camp and
Let’s see how things go now that Henry has arrived at his new location. It’s a long post and a continuation of yesterday’s. Letters are more likely to fall into
Henry sees a bit of action while travelling to his battalion’s destination. Somewhere in German East – 20th May 1917 My last was by p.c. from Mombasa on 1st May
We left Henry Tod yesterday with his journey to Nairobi partly complete. Picking up the threads today. We got not Nairobi at 3 o’clock that afternoon and were met at
It occurs to me that November 11th will mark 100 years since the armistice ending World War One. And as such, it seems fitting for Henry Tod’s war experience to
Henry Tod refers below to his Cook’s tour of Africa, which seems an apt description of his long voyage. This letter is written from Dar-es-Salaam, (then part of what was
We were at TIFF last week – Toronto International Film Festival – which is always a fantastic event. We choose a range of films from various countries and genres with
Let’s see whether Henry Tod has had any harrowing experiences of late 🙂 Fern Villa Hotel, Marine Parade, Durban From the above address you will see I am off the
RMS Walmer Castle – nearing Cape Town This finds us completing the second part of our voyage and we should be in port again the day after tomorrow. I wrote
I began this series as Somewhere in France – it looks like I’ll soon have to call it Somewhere in Africa. This is our tenth day out and as I
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