Item 02: Letters from Christopher Kenneth Millar to Elizabeth Perdriau nee Millar, 24 October 1914-1916 - Page 122
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[At top of page] Well dear I will close now with fondest love to self R & B from your loving Brother Ken]
France 7th May ´16
My dearest Sister,
To-day being Sunday & things being very quiet, although here one day is the same as another & the only thing that makes the 7th any different from the others is that, if it is at all possible the Padre comes round & addresses the boys on the evils of drink & bad living etc, he is going to pay us a visit this afternoon, that is if the Huns dont shell us. Our C of E pilot is one Ashley Brown whose father taught school at Harwood some time back, we had an interesting chat on the boat coming over, he is a very decent fellow.
Our Company are pretty good at Hymn singing, so this moming we issued out some books & marked off the ones we would sing:- "Abide with me""Lead Kindly light" & "Sun of my soul thou Saviour dear" which everyone knows so we should have some good singing when he comes along, it is remarkable the way the boys turn up & enjoy a short service, "not that they are a wowseristic lot by any means", we like to encourage that spirit.
I was sorry to read in your last letter that you were sick again. I wish you could get over that complaint of yours & be your old self again.