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Grand son of William Henry Lamin unveils letters written 90 years earlier during World War I.
Born 1888 in Awsworth Notts, to Henry and Sarah Lamin. Elder Sister Catherine (Kate) and Elder brother John (Jack) Educated at Awsworth Board School, just outside Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England
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 Enviar a email | Letter to Jack from Cadet D Creighton 5th July 1918 en artistas |  Por Pte Harry Lamin
el 04-Jul-2008 | An extra letter included in Harry's bundle.
Cadet D Creighton 176219
"B" Flight
No 2 Cadet Wing
Royal Air Force
Hastings
Dear Mr Lamin
As my father will no doubt have told you I joined the Air Force as a pilot Cadet nearly two months ago, and should have written to you before, but for the fact that our course here is short and hurried, we have to "swot" in the evening. I am thoroughly enjoying myself here, although it is not nice to be so far from home.
It will be a long time before I forget my first army drumhead service. It was one hot Sunday morning about three weeks ago. An aeroplane was stunting at low level throughout the service, distracting attention from the Padre's sermon. As we were moving off the field, the aeroplane flew low and crashed into the ground within a few yards of us. Luckily the pilot was unhurt, but the machine was considerably damaged.
The Padre, by the way, is Captain Daniels who has seen service at the front in some capacity. As a general rule we have the service in the Holy Trinity Church at Hastings.
From here I shall go in a fortnight or three weeks to a School of Military Aeronautics, probably at Alford. From there for three weeks at a Gunnery School at Uxbridge, and then I shall have some leave. It will be badly needed, as well, I can tell you. After the leave I shall start the real business - flying. England will not be short of pilots to finish off the war as there are 4000 odd of us here.
The weather is, as a rule, fearfully hot and we always spend the day in khaki shorts and bare knees, which have long since turned dark brown.
There has just been a violent outbreak of influenza and pneumonia among the cadets. Two of them died and a quarter of our squadron are in hospital or receiving treatment. Consequently, the medical officers have got alarmed and all theatres, picture halls and pier pavilions are out of bounds for us. Instead of having our lectures in lecture rooms we now have them in the open under trees and spend our time killing the flies. We each kill hundreds in a week. It is a wonder where they come from. I have never before enjoyed such perfect health as I have since I joined the Air Force. We are in the open air absolutely all day and have plenty of exercise and lots of good food.
We shall have an examination in Topography and Morse Signalling next Saturday 13th July, and on the Wednesday following we shall have our grand farewell concert. It is going to be some concert! And on the 19th or 20th July we leave Hastings for good, after having spent a very enjoyable time here. We sincerely hope we shall get our 'joy-rafs' (our slang for officer's uniform) at our next school.
We also have a lot of swimming and bathing here; and sports. The only things I miss are the people at home, although there are several cadets who come from the Grammar School. One of them has been with me all along and sleeps in my room, overlooking the sea. However I expect leave some time in September, and will call and see you if I have enough leave. How are Mr and Mrs Thomas getting on? Has Mr Thomas gone back to France yet? I hope he keeps safe if he has. However, I must close this letter now as it is getting on for tea-time.
Wishing yourself and Mrs Lamin the best of luck always. I remain,
Yours Sincerely
D Creighton
I'm not sure where the letter fits into the grand "Harry" scheme of things. I suspect that this was a letter from one of Jack's parishioners. (I just wonder why he would be addressed as "Mr Lamin" rather than "Reverend".) It's written on Royal Flying Corps notepaper three months after the RFC became the RAF. I suppose it does give quite a good picture of the training that a pilot would have experienced. Does anyone have any other information about Cadet Creighton? BL
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Born 1888 in Awsworth Notts, to Henry and Sarah Lamin. Elder Sister Catherine (Kate) and Elder brother John (Jack) Educated at Awsworth Board School, just outside Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier |
| Ww1: Experiences Of An English Soldier | Blogueros | Grand son of William Henry Lamin unveils letters written 90 years earlier during World War I.
Born 1888 in Awsworth Notts, to Henry and Sarah Lamin. Elder Sister Catherine (Kate) and Elder brother John (Jack) Educated at Awsworth Board School, just outside Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier |
| Letter to Jack, 16th July 1918 | | July 16th /1832507/ 9th Bn Y & LC Coy 12 platoonL.G.S.I.E.F.Dear Jack I have received your letters dated 8th July. I was very pleased to get one. We have been up the mountains for about 7 or 8 weeks and I could not get any envelopes they were all stuck so I have not been able to write many letters. We have started to come down so I hope we shall be down for two or three weeks rest. It is very hot on the plains. We have been rigged out with drill khaki it is very thin alright for for summ [..] Leer nota completa | | Publicado 15-Jul-2008 por noreply@blogger.com (Pte Harry en artistas
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Born 1888 in Awsworth Notts, to Henry and Sarah Lamin. Elder Sister Catherine (Kate) and Elder brother John (Jack) Educated at Awsworth Board School, just outside Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier |
| Letter to Kate, 8th July 1918 |  July 8th 191832507/9th Batt Y & LC Coy 12 PlatoonL G SI.E.F.Dear Kate I was glad to receive your letter dated 7th. Sorry I not wrote this last week but you see we have been up the mountains for about 7 or 8 weeks and all the envelopes were stuck. I hope we get down now for two or three weeks. We have had some trying times up in the front line on what we call sacrifice post up in front of our own wire but I am glad to say we got off alright we only went out after dark till morning. Glad to he [..] Leer nota completa | | Publicado 08-Jul-2008 por noreply@blogger.com (Pte Harry en artistas
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| Ww1: Experiences Of An English Soldier | Blogueros | Grand son of William Henry Lamin unveils letters written 90 years earlier during World War I.
Born 1888 in Awsworth Notts, to Henry and Sarah Lamin. Elder Sister Catherine (Kate) and Elder brother John (Jack) Educated at Awsworth Board School, just outside Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier |
| Letters to kate and Jack, 2nd July 1918 |  July 2th/191832507/ 9th Batt Y & LC Coy 12 PlatoonL.G.S.I.E.F.Dear KateI have received your letter and the papers with the writing pad. I was very pleased with it. I have had a letter from Ethel and she says they are getting on alright at home. The weather here is v [..] Leer nota completa | | Publicado 30-Jun-2008 por Pte Harry Lamin en artistas
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| Ww1: Experiences Of An English Soldier | Blogueros | Grand son of William Henry Lamin unveils letters written 90 years earlier during World War I.
Born 1888 in Awsworth Notts, to Henry and Sarah Lamin. Elder Sister Catherine (Kate) and Elder brother John (Jack) Educated at Awsworth Board School, just outside Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier |
| Ww1: Experiences Of An English Soldier | Blogueros | Grand son of William Henry Lamin unveils letters written 90 years earlier during World War I.
Born 1888 in Awsworth Notts, to Henry and Sarah Lamin. Elder Sister Catherine (Kate) and Elder brother John (Jack) Educated at Awsworth Board School, just outside Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier |
| Letter to Jack, 8th May 1918 | | May 8th 191832507/ 9th Batt Y & Lancs RegC Company12 Platoon L.G.S.I.E.F.Dear Jack I have just received two letters and small packett I was very pleased with them. I hope you got my letters asking for a book or two, if so will you send them on as soon as possible. I have ha [..] Leer nota completa | | Publicado 06-May-2008 por Pte Harry Lamin en artistas
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| Ww1: Experiences Of An English Soldier | Blogueros | Grand son of William Henry Lamin unveils letters written 90 years earlier during World War I.
Born 1888 in Awsworth Notts, to Henry and Sarah Lamin. Elder Sister Catherine (Kate) and Elder brother John (Jack) Educated at Awsworth Board School, just outside Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier |
| Letter to Jack, 21st May 1918 |  May 21th 191832507/ 9th Batt York & LancsC Company12 Platoon L.G.S.I.E.F.Dear Jack I have received your letter and books alright. The small book is very handy as it does not take up much room. I thank you very much for sending them. I have just had a letter from Kate and she is getting on alright. We are still in the same place only it is a bit warmer this time up, and not so quiet, but I am going on alright. You will see that we have a Y.M. up here but it is only a very small o [..] Leer nota completa | | Publicado 20-May-2008 por noreply@blogger.com (Pte Harry en artistas
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| Ww1: Experiences Of An English Soldier | Blogueros | Grand son of William Henry Lamin unveils letters written 90 years earlier during World War I.
Born 1888 in Awsworth Notts, to Henry and Sarah Lamin. Elder Sister Catherine (Kate) and Elder brother John (Jack) Educated at Awsworth Board School, just outside Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier |
| Letter to Jack March 4th 1918 | | March 4th/191832507/9 Batt York and Lanc RegtC. Company12 Platoon L.G.SI.E.FDear Jack I have received your paper's and was very pleased with them I am glad that you are both keeping well. as I am alright at present. I am pleased to hear that you are able to stay at home and that the army w [..] Leer nota completa | | Publicado 02-Mar-2008 por Pte Harry Lamin en artistas
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| Ww1: Experiences Of An English Soldier | Blogueros | Grand son of William Henry Lamin unveils letters written 90 years earlier during World War I.
Born 1888 in Awsworth Notts, to Henry and Sarah Lamin. Elder Sister Catherine (Kate) and Elder brother John (Jack) Educated at Awsworth Board School, just outside Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier |
| Letter to Jack, 6th December 1918 | | Dec 6th 19189th Y & LC Coy12 PlatoonDear JackJust a line to let you know that I have received your long letter and papers. I am very glad that you visited Kitchen?s and found them alright. He is a decent chap very quite. I hope you got the letter I sent you asking for a pipe as I have broke mine. Ethel tells me what a rum chap [..] Leer nota completa | | Publicado 05-Dec-2008 por Pte Harry Lamin en artistas
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| Ww1: Experiences Of An English Soldier | Blogueros | Grand son of William Henry Lamin unveils letters written 90 years earlier during World War I.
Born 1888 in Awsworth Notts, to Henry and Sarah Lamin. Elder Sister Catherine (Kate) and Elder brother John (Jack) Educated at Awsworth Board School, just outside Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier |
| Letter to Jack, 4th November 1918 | | Nov 4th 19/1832507/9th Y & LancsC Coy12 PlatoonDear JackJust a few lines to hoping you are keeping fit. I am alright at present, but we have had some trying times as you must have seen by the papers what a big success we have had in Italy. Our div is 23rd there are three brigades in it two went and c [..] Leer nota completa | | Publicado 03-Nov-2008 por Pte Harry Lamin en artistas
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| Ww1: Experiences Of An English Soldier | Blogueros | Grand son of William Henry Lamin unveils letters written 90 years earlier during World War I.
Born 1888 in Awsworth Notts, to Henry and Sarah Lamin. Elder Sister Catherine (Kate) and Elder brother John (Jack) Educated at Awsworth Board School, just outside Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier |
| Back from Leave. Letter to Jack 1st Oct 1918 | | Harry has been home, but is now back in Italy. He writes to Jack.Oct 1st/ 191832507/ 9th York & LancsC CompanyL.G.S.I.E.F.Dear JackJust a line to let you know I have arrived safe back in Italy it is not very nice to be after being at home but I shall have to make the best of it. I was very pleased to find them all well at home and Willie looking [..] Leer nota completa | | Publicado 30-Sep-2008 por Pte Harry Lamin en artistas
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| Ww1: Experiences Of An English Soldier | Blogueros | Grand son of William Henry Lamin unveils letters written 90 years earlier during World War I.
Born 1888 in Awsworth Notts, to Henry and Sarah Lamin. Elder Sister Catherine (Kate) and Elder brother John (Jack) Educated at Awsworth Board School, just outside Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier |
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