An extract from one of the letters Valerie found | |
Valerie and John outside the house where she found the letters | |
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Old letters
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The First World War was of course a great time for words and few are more poignant than those written in letters home. Many letters have found their way in to family history, kept as heirlooms of a terrible time those alive today can only wonder at. But many letters must have been written and never found their way home, never posted due to the death of the sender, pieces of paper destroyed by shell fire, never to be read.
Valerie Skinner called David from her home in France to tell him about some very old letters which she discovered after moving into a farmhouse in the Loire Valley.
Valerie now wants to trace this young soldier's living relatives. His name is Charles E. Bradbury and his regiment was the West Lancashire Reserves 23, Market Street, Carnarvon, North Wales. His home address was 158, Thatto Heath Road, St. Helens. He had brothers called Harry and Edgar.
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