Letter · 1 Jan 1916 · Cairo, Egypt
New Year's Eve in Egypt
Harry Hall was killed in action at Messines.
Extracts from this letter
"Today is the first of the new year and so of course we are having a day of rest... On Xmas day I went to the pyramids. They are really what is claimed to be, but I was rather disappointed in the SPHINX which does not appear so very big when compared to the great PYRAMIDS alongside..."
"We had a bit of fun last night. Most of us waited up and saw the old year out. We had tincans, plates, whistles, drums and all manner of noisy things."