TCD MS 10247/1/836 folio 1 recto
2 May 1917
Dear Mother
I’m afraid I’ll get rather a strafing by the time this turns up for not writing; as I havent written for some time – the fact is that since leaving the school we haven’t had very much time for letter writing – I sent a Field post card which I hope you got all right – Well my journey to the battery was the usual sort of thing – started for bus 6.0 a.m. for railway station jogged along on the old French train for most of the afternoon and arrived at a spot some 20 miles from where I started the destination on my movement order being only about 3 & 4 miles away, and a line existing straight to it – I had a comfortable evening in a very nice Officers Rest House and started off again 7.30 next morning – I had a small party of N.C.Os from the Course all like myself