Letter · 8 Feb 1916 · Red Sea, Egypt
To 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
"Dear little Toddles ... We have past Mt Sainai [Sinai]. You will remember something about Moses & the Commandments and Mt Ararat is quite close too"
"My dear little girl I am depending on you looking after Mother & Leonard. You will be very thoughtful I know and do lots of things for them that you know I would like. I can just picture you doing the dishes & dusting & Leonard filling the coal box & chopping the wood & weeding the garden....."
