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On May 1st 1916 the battalion was ready to go to France and, as was the custom, Albert wrote his will . On May 2nd the 18th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps left Aldershot and made its way by train to Southampton and then by boat to Le Havre in France. |
Their destination was Steenje in Northern France where they continued training until late May. Albert then first went into the trenches in the Ploegsteert sector on 28th May. Although Albert talks about France, he was actually in Belgium. |
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| The heading on his YMCA notepaper changes. |  |
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| View Albert's KISS "an invention for closing letters invented by soldiers" |
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| Dear May, Just a letter to let you know that I am in the pink and hope you are the same. How are things going at Wolverton? Is Wolverton still as quiet as usual? how is "Barbers Picture Palace" getting on? Do they still have full houses Mondays and Saturdays? There's no picture palaces, theatres, or anything here. The nearest Y.M.C.A. to us is a long way away but we have a village near us. The people round here don't worry about the war. The girls and women do all the men's work here, and they are a lot stronger, and hardier than English women. They are polite, and got cheek enough for anything... | ||||||||||||||||
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