World War 1 Letters Home May 1917

Back in London, shopping, making wedding plans and wants a nice quiet wedding ...

Junior Constitutional Club
Piccadilly
London
W1

18th May 1917
My Dear Mother
…
Alison went back to Ascot by the 3-50, so I escorted her to Waterloo & saw her off. This morg. We went to Harrods & pottered about & I bought a camp bed & she odds & ends. We lunched at Russian Exhibition at Grafton Galleries & had a look round after, then to see St. Mary’s Chelsea, as she wanted to see it. We saw Warwick St. yesterday & I had chat with P.P. …

Brenda told us all about flats, Alison thinks we’d like one near Sloane Sq. or Cadogan Gardens, they are very nice I believe & B. thinks we should get one there early enough for Winter.

Italians seem to have done well & tonight I see War Office announce some of our Artillery is helping Italians, Norman Smith is there & a most interesting place it seems to be …

We have decided on the quietest of weddings, no bridesmaids or anything like that & just you & her mother & sister of course, Norman if home to give her away or Jack, who is in Black Watch & in Scotland. Mrs Smith much relieved we only want the quietist of weddings & A will be married in a hat! Which I believe is the way to describe it …


Best of love
Yr affect. son
Arthur 

Advises Mother to invest in War Loans, wife to be doesn't photograph too well ...

J. C. Club

Saturday 3 p.m. 19th May 1917
My Dear Mother
…
Quite the best investment 5% War Loan for all of the money. No, photos I sent you do not flatter Alison, only just snaps I took & she always photographs very badly …

Webster one of the originals of my section has just been lunching with me, he came home early Feb. & got a remount job, but talks of possibly coming out again later …

I fear I shall have no time to find out about the “Salter” & who was drowned, she should get the information from War Office or Admiralty …

Best Love
Yr affect.son
Arthur