Henry is on leave at last! Grand National Hotel, Johannesburg – 12th February 1918 A line to inform you of my arrival in this well known town, where I propose
Ndanda – 10th December 1917 I have received a batch of your letters, the last of which are dated August. I note Andy is at Shorncliffe and hope to get
Henry is still on the move, his brigade heading south to keep on the tail of von Lettow. I have just received a batch of your letters up to 19th
It’s been months since Henry’s written to his family. I’m sure they were worried sick. Nabungo, G.E.A. – 2nd October 1917 It is a long time since I had an
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
Having written three novels featuring World War One, I’ve learned a lot about trenches. I’ve even been in one or two although of course, they’re now sanitized and bear no
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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