WW II Letters Home – Robinson / Marsh Family
From: Pte. A.L. Robinson A4509
Plat. H.Q. Coy
Royal Canadian Regiment
Canadian Army Overseas, C.M.F
To: Mrs. Clarence Marsh
Date of letter: October 31, 1943
Envelope
| On Active Service
Postmark: Field Post Office, 31 Oct 43, Passed by Censor 6789 To: Mrs. Clarence Marsh, Dresden, Ontario, Canada
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Somewhere in Italy
Oct. 31/43
Dear Sis,
Well, finally I got a bit of time to spare and thought that I had better get busy on the letter business again. I hope that you are all fine and not working too awful hard, but with Olive working and Helen going to school, I know that you won’t have much time to yourself. Oh well, I will soon be home and then I can come and help you with the cooking. But you better have something more than bully beef and beans to cook. The fellow that is cooking for us now got some flour and baking powder the other day and made some pancakes. They really tasted good too.
I received the carton of fags from Olive and sent the card the other day but in case she does not get it I want to say thanks a million again. She must have known my favourite brand (Winchesters), also.
Do you remember where we were two years ago tomorrow? Alex and Shirlie’s wedding. It was two years ago tonight that I hitch hiked from Kitchener to Windsor. I guess I had better get busy and write them a letter today, also. I hope that Bill is still with Dad and stays with him. I suppose Clarence doesn’t get much chance to go duck hunting and not likely could get the shells anyway.
Remember the front tooth that you were always at me to get fixed and I wrote and told you when I was in England that I had it fixed. Well, a week or so ago old Jerry started firing at us one day and when I dived for cover, my mouth met up with my chum’s heel and the result was I lost a big corner of my tooth and now the filling has also fell out, so about half of it is missing now. Someone suggested trying to get it fixed with gold if I could. What do you think of gold in a front tooth?
Was I telling you that I saw Jimmie the other day? I was really surprised as I thought that he was still in England, as yet, and then I find out that he had been all the way through Sicily with us. He had just had a parcel from Jennie and gave me a chocolate bar and some gum which really tasted good.
You said that you wanted some pressed flowers or something from Italy. Well, I am enclosing a couple that I had handed to me about the second day we were in Italy, when we were passing through a town.
See, here I am on the fifth page, remarkable for me, I think. I had better close for now though. Hoping you are all fine. I am feeling swell myself. Hoping to hear from you and see you soon again.
Love, Allan
P.S. Getting to be and old man, be 22 on the 9 Nov, likely have grey hair when I get home. HaHa. Allan
