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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 ...

Trafalgar Square 1917 Advertising WW1 War Loans
J. C. Club
London

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
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