Letter from Harris William Hoy to Ivy Hoy. Page 2.

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be a good girl and stop as I know they will look after you if you treat them as you ought. I can tell you dear I shan't be sorry when I get back to my old place with Jumbo if it's my luck. I often think about him 11 o'clock, I can picture him on the old block in the stable, and don't make it one wishes he was there. If ever I do get there I'll make up for lost time. We don't get the best of weather now, do we? I should think it makes it bad forgetting the corn in. Is Did Lee still about? You never say in your letters as I like to know where all the boys are.
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Rifleman H. Hoy
21st K.R.Rs B Comp No7 Platoon
B.E.F. France
I have never heard from the boy, Harry, anymore. I suppose May will be upset now he is going, I had a nice parcel from Tris (?), the other night, fags, scarf and apples, ...

Date: 7 November 1916