Part 01: Rupert Nixon letters, 28 November 1914-2 October 1917 - Page 91
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The Nurses here are fine, from the Matron down, - they are mostly Scotch & cannot do too much for us. I expect to be here for about another month before I am alright, & then I am due for fourteen days' leave which I don't want, & have asked to be sent back to join my comrades, or what are left of them - by the first boat leaving. Lots of our chaps came in last night with some awful wounds, Several have lost both eyes - the bullet passing through the head & tearing the two eyes clan [clean] out, but they are real soldiers & bear it wonderfully. Nearly all the fellows you shook hands with when saying "goodbye" at Liverpool Camp, have been killed. Our wounded who returned to the Front will be very vicious towards any Germans they meet in the firing line on account of the dirty work they have been guilty of towards our Red Cross men. Received a letter from my Base Sergeant at Alexandria, in which he tells me there are 37 letters & several papers waiting for me - wonder where they've been stowed away? Who has been shaking up the Post Office officials? What made them wake up to the fact that we are entitled to receive letters sent us? My arm is not too strong, & I am tired after writing so much - but I could go on were I not in pain, & I want to write for one of my dead comrades who asked me to write to his sister. Address all letters to Egypt. With tons of good wishes & love for everyone & yr self from yr loving son
Rupert Nixon