1918/09/22

Melville writes to his mother from a rehab hospital in England. He writes about how pleased he is to be around lots of Canadians, and that the food is much better. He mentions seeing a familiar face in the hospital, and tells his mother where he plans to visit while on medical leave.

Epsom
Sept 22

Dear Mother,
The day is Sunday and I am at Epsom convalescent hospital. It is run by Canadians and we get enough to eat which is a good thing. At the Imperial hospitals we were very nearly starved. This morning at church service

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we had the Bishop of London but I didn't see anything extraordinary in his sermon. To-night Captain Best is going to be at the "Y" and I am going to hear him.
This place is the last I will be in before going back to the depot at Seaford, but we get ten days leave

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before going back.
If I can say here until the first of October I will get fourteen days because they are going to change it. I thing the boys from France are to get 21 days leave after the first of the month. Yesterday I saw Kenneth Brown. He came to Blighty sick at

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the beginning of August.
Manchester is a fine place and the people are very nice. There are more factories up there than any place I ever saw. I am going to spend a couple of days there while on leave.

Love to all,
Melville.

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