Item 02: Letters from Norman Sherwin, 1915-1917 - Page 4

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with the Turks, exchanging cigarettes etc. One (live) Turk had a lot of money on him & he distributed different Turkish coins among our chaps & told them to keep them as souveniers. Don't you think it is funny being so friendly with one another & then firing at each other the next.

I am writing from No. 2 Auxiliary Hospital Heliopolis, Egypt, I was wounded on 16th June hit in the hand with a piece of shrapnel. I was lucky I was not blown to pieces, as two shells exploded within five yards