Letter · 11 Feb 1916 · Suez Canal, Egypt
Like a wave breaking
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.
Extract from this letter
"There are about 80,000 [troops] on the sand round about. It is truly wonderful to see such a huge body of men. You might be gazing across the sand and see nothing, the next minute the troops would come over a ridge and look just like a wave breaking on the shore and come forward in the same irregular ragged edge..."
