Item 01: Alan Keats Gordon letters to Nellie Clark, 18 August 1914-30 August 1916 - Page 342
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3. to stand for a commission, & if I don't, & come through O K , well, one never knows, I might stand a faint chance, as others did. Anyway old girl, Here's to the future, & may it turn up trumps. I think I told you all about our last stunt, when we lost twenty out of our little lot, in my last letter, & I glad to say that they were nearly all Blighties. Its only to be hoped we come out as well this trip. I still am wearing your puttees, & they have proved a great boon, & I'd like you to take on another pair, if you don't mind, & its not too much like hard work. They are so easily put on, & one can wear them for a week without taking them off, as we have to in the line, & you don't feel them. These are just beginning to fray a little at the bottom, but I can fix them up so that they will last awhile. There is a rumour about, that after our next action we are going to be sent to the Old Country for a spell, the first Div. but of course