Letters of John (Jack) Leech (1892-1978) to Amelia Rose Leech during the First World War From: Letter in the AtticFrom: UpNextSeries of love letters. Contents are described in detail under the individual items.Date of creation 1917-1919 Extent 14 letters License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC-BY-NC-ND) Reference number LIA/78/1 No CommentsStart the ball rolling by posting a comment on this page! Add a comment about this pageYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Your comment:Name * Email * I consent to my name and e-mail address being stored along with this comment, and to the website editors communicating with me by e-mail about the comment if necessary. My name may be published alongside the comment on the website, but my e-mail address will not be published. My information will not be shared with any third party (see our Privacy Statement - opens in a new window). * Δ Letter from John Leech to Amelia Rose Rowe whilst JL was stationed in Colchester, Essex LIA/78/1/01JL states he is looking forward to a visit by ARL and expresses concern about her recent health. Letter from John Leech to Amelia Rose Rowe regarding ARL's from imminent visit and being married LIA/78/1/02written whilst JL was stationed in Colchester, Essex Letter from Jack Leech to Amelia Rose Rowe whilst he was stationed in Colchester, Essex LIA/78/1/03Love letter in which JL eagerly anticipates ARR's forthcoming visit. Letter from John Leech to Amelia Rose Rowe whilst JL was stationed in Colchester. LIA/78/1/04JL is looking forward to ARR's visit and enquiring about her health. Letter from John Leech to Amelia Rose Leech whilst JL was stationed in Colchester LIA/78/1/05JL talks about preparations to leave for the front including his recent gas tests again and forthcoming exercise in the gas chamber. He mentions the 'leps' being over London Bridge on the previous night and as a postscript he says that they may be sent to the front any day. Letter from John Leech to Amelia Rose Leech from France LIA/78/1/06JL is aware that his letters are censored and he expresses distaste that others will read his letters. Although he is missing her JL says that he is very glad she is not in France and one day he will tell her all he has seen there. JL also expresses his unhappiness at her working ... Letter from John Leech to Amelia Rose Leech from France LIA/78/1/07JL writes that 'life out here is just one long nightmare'. ARL is pregnant and JL is looking forward to their being together. JL writes that he is able to save a little each week and will be able to help with ARL's bank book. Letter from John Leech to Amelia Rose Leech from France LIA/78/1/08JL writes that some letters go missing as they are always on the move. He is looking forward to the birth of their baby and to their being together and to taking JRL and the baby to Brighton. JL had received a parcel from home containing apples. JL says that he is well and not ... Letter from John Leech to Amelia Rose Leech from France LIA/78/1/09Written from a German dug out which the Germans had destroyed on leaving. JL had sent ARL some flowers picked from a famous canal - he will tell her where at a later date. Letter from John Leech to Amelia Rose Leech from France LIA/78/1/10Pages one to four are missing, only pages five to eight remain. Written from an abandoned German Officers' dug out. Looking forward to time when they can be together again with their baby. JL says that the Germans 'have quite got the wind up'. Letter from John Leech to Amelia Rose Leech from France LIA/78/1/11Written from a partially ruined farmhouse recently held by the Germans. JL writes that he is glad that England has not suffered in the way that France and Belguim have. He writes of burning villages recently passed through, 'the desolation is pitiful to see' as they 'have been hurrying up behind the Huns'.JL's Regiment have ... Letter from John Leech to Amelia Rose Leech written from France. LIA/78/1/12JL writes of his concern for ARL (she has just lost the baby she was carrying). After they crossed the frontier into Belgium he sent ARL a ribbon in the Belgium colours. JL reminises about Rottingdean and a visit to Oxford Cathedral. JL describes how the women of a town they had just relieved gave ... Letter from John Leech to Amelia Rose Leech written from France or Belgium LIA/78/1/13JL thanks ARL for the photographs she had sent of herself. Writes of hoping to visit Brighton when he returns. JL has been billeted comfortably with an old lady who had been imprisioned seven times by the Germans for various offences such as taking food to a British soldier and crossing the road at the ... Letter from John Leech to Amelia Rose Leech written from France LIA/78/1/14JL writes of his upcoming demobilisation. He says he is in 'an awfully dull place surrounded by a sea of mud'. JL mentions Rottingdean and asks what ARL would like for Christmas. John Leech's demobilisation papers LIA/78/1/15
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