Letter sent from Gunner M Charles Jenkins to Ethel and Ern, 5 March 1916 [image 1 of 3]

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Gunner M. Charles Jenkins, 1587, seved with the 121st Battery Royal Field Artillery. Transcript: Dear Ethel and Ern, Just a few lines in answer to your welcome letter. I am glad to say I received cake and cocoa quite safe and was very pleased with it. We had a nice feed for tea the boys say a bit of English cake is as good as a loaf of bread. I have just been up the trenches doing a bit of work and I am up to my neck in muck but the more muck we get in the happier we are. We don't take as much notice of mud as we did in Winchester. Dear Ethel I received photo quite safe and think it is very good of the boys . Tuesday 7th Dear Ethel, I started this letter on Sunday but I did not have time to finish it but I have started again now I expect you are beginning to think I am never going to write I am glad to hear you liked the card. We are having rotten weather, it is snowing all the time and freezing and I can tell you it is cold breaking the ice to have a wash in the morning there is no hot water to wash in. Tell little Ernie I don't know how many Germans I have killed. Dear Ethel and Ern I had a letter from Daisy's husband and he said Daisy had a little girl I'll bet she isn't 'alf pleased with it. My Word I am beginning to think it is not my turn now but wait till this war is over it will be my turn then. Well dears I think this is all the news hoping you are all well so will close with love to you all from your loving brother, Charlie.

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