William Ambrose Cull letter diary, 1915-1918 - Page 327
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[Page 327]
the Military Medal. Things are going apace now, and so very satisfactorily to – British & French Success – Russian success and Italian success – "Três bon" – Major, now Lt. Colonel Fethers has rejoined us – Joe is, I expect now in England, Salisbury Plain.
I fancy that you have been worrying yourself about myself – thinking that I shall run into danger – Dont let it worry you please, for apart from other reasons I recognise my duty to the Service requires that I shall not expose myself to unnecessary danger. As a matter of fact it is a serious crime to take unnecessary risks – and even supposing that I was unfortunate, remember, it is the will of "God" and not the German.
This awfully paltry boast L---t [indecipherable]
You however have the satisfaction of knowing that your Son is not a Captain for a very good reason (i.e although the Bn. has had about 500 battle casualties – officers hav[e] fortunately been lucky – (Since