A letter home…Walter’s War

You are spot on Martin.

The blue pen brigade would have looked upon the Rial references as giving the game away location wise, and hence struck out.

And the bigger picture in '42, and the likely cause of Wally's finance observations.

Historical Documents - Office of the Historian

It's a dry read.

Kind regards, always,

Jim.

 

Possibly he might mean a Cockney swindle

They all blagged the tea and milk in a bit of a cheeky fashion

The Cockney Swindle

Similar to the blag, the swindle involves the use of cheeky deception in order to get something out of you that you would not normally be willing to give.

 

Thanks for posting these letters.
It's been enjoyable reading them .

 

A fantastic social history of the time.
Thank you for posting.

 

Not a dry eye Martin, not a dry eye.

The reading of, and what you have so freely given your time with in the sharing of, is a wonderful and mighty insight into a serviceman's life above and beyond any "official" story or history.

Thank you so very very very much for sharing Martin; all you have done and posted has been, and always will be, supremely uplifting.

Your words Martin, with Wally's, have made this thread.

And with Wally's words, to the end, have made me smile so much.

"I still have a bit of a cough, due I think to these Persian cigs we have to smoke."

The soldier's lot and fags. Cough-sticks, coffin nails, smokes. "We have to smoke"

Wally's wisdom. Unforgettable .

Kind regards, and thank you, and Wally for the writing, always,

Jim.

 

I'm with you and your thinking on this one Martin (and Wally put August '45 for his Discharge on his Medal Application Card too)

Kind regards, always,

Jim.

 

BLA

British Liberation Army - Wikipedia

 

"I need to get some brekky in me".

Black pudding. And three hard boiled eggs.

"Is this contract binding?
No, but something will be!"

Kind regards, keep off the haggis, always,

Jim.

 

At the end of the European war the chaps started saying it meant "Burma Looms Ahead."

 

Wally's record, Wally's service, and all the other good folks of that generation deserved no less.

Always remember, never forget,

Jim.