First World War Letters Home October 1918

Home on leave, moving out of London to their new home ...

Scotswood
Sunningdale
Berks

27th October 1918
My Dear Mother
Yrs of Thursday & enclosures …

I go to London Tuesday for the day. We all move up tomorrow week. I’ll probably go to Club for a night & move into flat on Tuesday week. A is getting few of her things to the flat also, things we had at Curzon St …

There is a pair of heavy boots of mine I want sent over a little later. Lotta will know where they are & might give them to ?????? to clean a bit. I want them out there this winter. Old boots are of so much better stuff than anything one can buy now & also cost of boots at present is prohibitive. I’ll ask you to send them end of week to the flat & I’ll send you address in due course. I hope to find room to leave some of my things at flat instead of club.

Influenza seems very bad & not enough Drs. to cope with it …

I hear Karl of Austria has packed his bag & moved off. He has not had much of a time since he came to the throne; I suppose he’ll be the last of them.

Best love
Yr. Affect son
Arthur.