Feature Letter of August 15th, 2025
Cox, Bertram Howard
I must write you a line today to give you my good wishes. It's pretty hard to write at this table as the boys are all kidding each other about when they get wounded and killed at the front. We expect to be going across within a week, so hope soon to see some exciting fighting. I sold my bicycle yesterday and have had a very pleasant summer taking in these towns around here.
We were inspected by the King [George V] and Queen Mary about 2 weeks ago; he was dressed in officer's uniform and is exactly like the pictures one sees of him.
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