| Description | (Letter from Private S Brown of the 2nd Essex Regiment dated 14 December 1914, including comments on the condition of the trenches ('we are up to our waist in mud & water, & are only 40 yards from the Germans' trenches, so they often shout to us & we shout to them. The other day we threw a tin of meat over & they returned the compliment with a bunch of carrots so I think the Germans are as fed up of the war as we are. I often think the war won't last much longer but on the other hand I think that us & the French are relying on Russia too much & we shall have to do soemthing to help then & I expect that we shall have to lose a lot more men yet.' Includes a few letters of condolence to Florence Image. Bundle also includes a meat meal voucher issued to Sydney as a travelling serviceman, April 1918; a printed poem addressed to Sydney by his father, 22 October 1918; and list of items [purchased to take to the front].) |