Letter · 27 Jan 1917 · Flanders Fields, Belgium
Send me a photo!
Herbert commanded one of four companies which took part in a raid on German lines on the 21 February 1917 He died in action that day.
Extracts from this letter
"Re the above I want a snap-shot of you smiling ... And what about making it a full length one also. Now don't you think I'm a worry?"
"We are still at this war game - nothing startling happening at present. Snow still covering the ground & the weather is still cold - the ice being 3 inches think in places."
