Letter · 27 Mar 1916 · In Egypt somewhere, Egypt
An icecream with my daughter
Harry Norton was killed in action on 15 September 1916, at Flanders. His family were not informed of his death for 5-6 weeks, and continued to write to him. Their letters were returned marked with 'deceased'. Harry wrote to his wife everyday - his letters are very descriptive and personal.
Extracts from this letter
"I hope I will get home for your birthday on 19th December. What a great spree we will have and we will eat such a lot of Ice cream that I might get sick too. Ice cream - Oh it makes my mouth water to just think of it"
"It is hard work marching over the loose sand, the sand shines & hurts our eyes during the day."
