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TitleLetter to Mrs L G Gilbert from F C Gilbert
DescriptionBarracked at Woolwich. Details signing up process: Recruiting Office in Huntingdon, then Bedford for medical. Issue of clothes, boots, brushes and spurs. Tried for Flying Corps, but full, then Royal Engineers, but his papers stating clerk prevented that. Offered post in Royal Field Artillery (RFA). Parades four times a day, starting at 06.30. Food good, but served 'rough'. Civilian clothes sent home.
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CreatorNameMr J. L. Gilbert
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
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