Item 01: Irene Victoria Read letters from her husband, 27 November 1914-1 November 1915 - Page 183
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Troopship Themistocles
Suez Docks
12th August 1915
Dearest old Mrs,
Just a line to wish you all God speed & bon voyage, about a month & we will be together again & please God for good so far as the war is concerned. Though I would very much have liked to have you on this ship I think it is for the best that you are not with us. Since arrival in Suez I have encountered so much spirited, unseemly unmanly & unnecessary opposition to my endeavour to do my duty & I have so far been so successful in getting my work done that I fear the incompetent asses with whom I have had to deal would gladly take advantage of any loophole to vent their spleen on me & such a loophole might be your questionable right to embark on a troopship.
I will be on the look out for you as you pass through Suez to-morrow morning – I understand that the Osterley will not stop here but you may see a handkerchief waving from our decks or from a boat in the stream somewhere near where you will travel by.
When I arrived here I expected that I would have to arrange for the supply to our ship of