Destrubé family - Letter to Maurice, Maggie and family, from Georges, October 23, 1915, Tidworth


Description:
Item is a letter written by Georges Destrubé to his brother Maurice, sister-in-law Maggie and his family on October 23, 1915, from training camp at Tidworth, England in which he describes training manoeuvres, firing practice and other details of camp life.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Destrubé family; Destrubé, Georges; Destrubé, Maggie; Destrubé, Maurice
Date:
1915-10-23
Collection:
Destrubé family fonds
Location(s):
England--Tidworth

Page Title:
Letter p. 1
Date:
1915
Transcript:
[Upper left, written upside down:] Just received Syl' s P.C.but have no time now then to just say how mighty surprised & pleased to know she is here. Will make every effort to get away the next week-end. [Centre:] Tidworth [Upper right:] Please return when you write to me Mag Saturday < sup> & Sunday< /sup> Oct 23rd 1915 Dear Maurice & Maggie & family We got back yesterday from a 3 day field manoeuvre & were cheated out of our saturday afternoon by coming home at 5, O' clock instead of 1,O,clock as usual. On the whole we' ve had a hard week hardly a minute to ourselves in short "pas mal tough" (as the french - Canadians would say). I was unable to get off a satisfactory letter to you Syl, which I sent via home on wednesday, because I had to cut it short at the last minute, so I shall start in writing right away so as not to let the weekend go by without getting a letter off home, tho as a matter < sup> fact< /sup> I feel fairly tired after our late exertions & could readily roll into my blankets like nearly every man-jack has done this evening on account of the week' s work. We started out on wednesday morning with full pack & did a heavy day' s march, not more than 2 thirds of the battalion was out for the Monday - Tuesday manoeuvres

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