Without any of your letters to acknowledge I am writing this on top of the news of the Armistice. Events of course had been leading up to it but it
In Europe during August 1918, the Hundred Days Offensive was underway. This was the Allied offensive which ended World War One. The campaign in Africa was proceeding at a different
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
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
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
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
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
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
Henry Tod’s letters home have an unexplained gap of more than six months and unfortunately, there is no one alive to ask for details. We’ll pick up the story in
Henry Tod writes to his family from London with what must have been a jarring update. He’s at 27 Berkley Square. Here I have come to anchor at last, in
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