Item 05: Letter from Walter Elkington, 2 February 1919 - Page 11

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Pry, Belgium
2/2/1919
Dear Aunt Evie
Today is the 2nd Feb 1919 & still I am here in Belgium kicking my heels & waiting for the day when I get my sailing orders for home. If things go on as they are I ought to be going within six weeks or two months. But my motto in this war has always been "Hope for the best & prepare for the worst" so I am prepared to let things take their course. I have just heard from