Private Papers of H H Kassman – Letter to Mother, August 16, 1941
Date:
16.08.1941
Location:
טוברוק
Personality:
H. Henry Kassman
Organization:
הצבא הבריטי
Archive:
Imperial War Museum (IWM)
Folder Number:
Gunner HH Kassman 6-8.1941
Description
Letter from Gunner H. Henry Kassman to his mother, from within a file of his correspondence between 1941-1943 compiled by his daughter in 2010. File’s contents are primarily typed letters and other correspondence, occasionally reproduced (often in addition to the typed version), and also include photographs, diary entries from Kenneth Rankin’s book Top-Hats in Tobruk, some other written materials, and some explanatory material. For further information, please see the folder summary. For all posts about this collection, please click on the “H. Henry Kassman” tag in this post.
Pages 12-13: Letter from Kassman to mother. Discussion of mail received and the benefits of different types of mail (re: cost and speed). Mentions that they fortunately are not in need of cash, having close to 100 pounds between them (Kassman and his brother Alec), but currently not much to spend it on.
The brothers are “sincerely delighted that [she is] so happy” and approve of her new husband based on the description she provided.
Mention of having sent photographs of himself and Alec seven or eight months earlier, wondering if they arrived.
Alec met a lot of L. Welsh men in another unit. Exactly two years ago, Kassman went to Aberporth for a month’s camp (now 24 months). Regrets that he and Alec left the 99th. “The more we see of other units, the more we appreciate the good time we had with them during the first nine months of the War.”
They are now eating prickly pears (described).
Censor: W.J. Parge.
1 page, typed (spread across two). Dated August 16, 1941.
