Albecq King Harry Lane St Albans Herts   June 27. 40   My dear Alfred   Here I am, an evacuee.  I left home Tuesday by the night boat & arrived here at 2 p.m. yesterday.  Hilda & Mary came over last week & is staying at home with her people.  I hope Grenville will soon come over too, he & Dr Sutcliffe are living together just now.   I brought Mary’s cat over for […]

Letter found in envelope addressed to A.T. Le Messurier, 27 Aston Hall Lane, Hawarden, Chester. Here is a link to the wikipedia article about the Guernsey evacuation. Eda Stringer also copied the letter to send on, and annotated it, so there is the original letter from Edwin, and a copy by Eda.  Her annotations have been inserted in the appropriate places of the letter below: c/o J. Pierce Esq. Holme View Aglionby Carlisle 3/7/40 My Dear Alf It […]