Name/Title
Letter: Sefton Stewart to Mother, July 16, 1916Entry/Object ID
996.12.4.49Description
Letter written by Sefton Stewart addressed to his mother, dated July 16, no year.Subject Person/Organization
Margaret (Maggie) Stewart, Pte. Sefton Inglis StewartSubject Place
Location
Longmoor CampCountry
England, CanadaCity
RichmondProvince
OntarioContext
One handwritten letter from the collection of Richmond, Ontario resident Sefton Stewart.Collection
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LetterNomenclature Primary Object Term
CorrespondenceNomenclature Sub-Class
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
World War 1, Sefton Stewart, WW1, Military, History, Original Document, Longmoor, Bramshott, Halifax, RichmondLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
Letter (correspondence), CorrespondenceLetter Details
Letter Date
July 16, 1916Addressee
Name
Mother (Margaret Stewart)Transcription
Transcription
(1)
Longmoor Camp
July 16th
Dear Mother.
Received your letter together with Clystal's on 13th. being very glad to hear from Richmond. I think Clystal's card must of [Spelling error: have] been delayed at Halifax, as she put on it the Army P.D. Halifax. We are still at Longmoor shooting, expect to be through here tomorrow, will then go back to Bramshott. There has been four or five Battalions stationed here for the last two weeks, there being ranges all around. It is now raining so I am down on the floor of the tent trying to write, got up from the range just before the heavy rain, we shoot one day in the morning the next in the afternoon. Yesterday evening we went down to Liss a very nice little town, about three miles walk, but the road is smooth as a bottle, saw some very nice old fashioned houses, just as you would see them in a storybook. Saw a man cutting hay for the first time with a mower, and a fine team of horses, but the work is mostly done by old men. We went into a restaurant for our supper, and got some mutton chops which
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Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Canadian Armed Forces, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Margaret (Maggie) Stewart, Pte. Sefton Inglis StewartRelated Places
Place
Location
Longmoor CampCountry
England, CanadaCity
RichmondProvince
Ontario