Dearest Emmie

I answer to yours of the 2nd inst I’m glad to hear that you are having a good time. I have not been able to write this last two or three days and if I had have done I wouldn’t have been able to post it.

You speak of blackberrying; that puts me in mind of about this time last year when I was at Aldershot and you used to come down we found some good ones there didn’t we. I guess that when you get with Maude you make a pair of nuts; I know what I would have done if I had been that soldier who felt the point of the prickle, I would have kept quite and not said a word and then retaliated at a suitable time. It is now pouring of rain and our roof has almost as many holes in it as it has tiles but for all that we are not getting much water in.

I do not compre your German “auf weidersehen” but I say “ditto”. What does it mean? We now play “Bound to Win” selection and we do chirp it out some. We are playing at Corps Headquarters again on the 18th inst. I do not know if it is a contest or not. I went to the pictures last night and saw G Watson there and of course we had a jaw. He does seem a nipper for line work and yet he is 21 in December. Please will you send me out some Meloids I have nearly finished the last lot. I think I will give up smoking for a time, we get in average 35 cigarettes issued a week but they are not up to much. I fully expected a letter today but no I must wait until tomorrow. I will now conclude

With Fondest Love

from Yours Ever

Will xx

Dear Emmie

Just a few lines to show that I have not forgotten you. I have been in the position this last two days where I could not write so please excuse me and also writing in pencil and this paper. I have received a letter from you which I will answer this afternoon. I am not in the line now, we had a fairly easy time. Hope you are enjoying yourself we are having a series of thunderstorms now but inbetween the weather is good. Well I will close now and write more this afternoon.

Fondest Love

From Your Will xx

Dearest Emmie

Just a few lines to let you know that I am still O.K. and hope that you are enjoying yourself now at Leighton. I dare say you will be at Ilfracombe by the time you receive this or perhaps home again. I didn’t have a letter from yesterday perhaps because they have farther to come now but I expect one today. I am still in my D.D.O. and am shure all are glad that I have not had much work to do as it is generally of an unpleasant nature. I am very sorry for what I said concerning the piece of white heather and would really very much like to know its meaning. Thanks very much for the book of Mirrors received yesterday we are most certainly winning it is a wonder how we keep advancing as we do. How is Will L. going on, does Mabel speak much of him. What must she think of me? If he is right to her mind I wonder if I am. We are having very good weather here and I guess you are having the same. Please excuse these few lines as there is so little to write about will write more next time.

Fondest Love

From Will xx

Dear Emmie

Yours to hand of 27th ult in answer to my green envelope. Silly thing for me to do, forgot to sign my name I’ll see that I don’t forget again. I am surprised at you not knowing me by now, what had I to be cross about. I admit I was very disappointed at not hearing for such a long time but I knew that you would have a satisfactory explanation for me. I suppose they wondered at home what happened. I can’t make it out why you didn’t hear from me for 9 days I think I write at least every three, or I would send you a field card if I hadn’t time for a letter. Rather a strange dream you mother had but like ghosts I think nothing of them. Who is the other boy who is going to stop me from seeing you I should like to know. Well strange things happen don’t they but I think a thing like that is rather improbable n’est ce pas? I am pleased to hear Bert (our budding organist) had a good time I did not think he was nearly 14 yet though.

I guess those airmen and persons in the position of C.R.H. have a good time in Blighty of course we must have these people and they are lucky to get such jobs. We have not moved yet but I suppose we will soon.

I am now up the line or rather a little nearer. I think it is only for two or three days. I have no writing paper with me only a few field cards so don’t get alarmed if you don’t get a letter for a few days. I have not had my photo taken yet but will do as soon as poss. I hope you enjoy yourself while you are away, you’ll have to go without letters for a fortnight.

When you write to me put your address on the back so that the letters will get returned should they not find me.

Well my dear I must now conclude

With Fondest Love

From Your Will xx

P.S. Photo of band before I joined is enclosed [missing]